Vehicle wheel

In a wheel and tire assembly for a vehicle, whereby the wheel has a rigid rim with a rim ring that, starting from the center, first extends axially outwardly in both directions, then extends radially outwardly first perpendicularly and then at an acute angle as to said first axially outwardly extending rim ring portion to form side walls of a central drop base, then extends axially outwardly in both directions, and then extends essentially radially inwardly to form respective rim flanges, with respective mounting spaces being formed on each side of said drop base and located axially inwardly of respective rim flanges and radially inwardly of said rim ring between a respective drop base side wall and rim flange, each mounting space provided with a deep mounting bed, and whereby on said rim is mounted a pneumatic tire that is made of rubber or rubber-like synthetic material and has a carcass which is secured in the beads of said tire by being looped around inextensible and pressure-resistant bead cores respectively embedded in the beads of said tire, with each of said beads having a cross-sectional form such that during mounting, said beads can extend into said mounting spaces and said deep mounting beds, and when said tire is in the operational state, said beads cover access to said mounting spaces and said deep mounting beds, each said deep mounting bed having a radial height and forming that portion of each said mounting space which extends further radially outwardly than a radially outer edge of said bead when said tire is in said operational state,

• the improvement wherein each of said deep mounting beds respectively extends integrally to one of said rim flanges respectively, and wherein, in the operational state of said tire, on the one hand said radially outer edge of each of said tire beads respectively is spaced radially inwardly from a radial inner side of said axially extending portion of said rim ring that is adjacent each respective rim flange, and on the other hand an axially inner portion of each of said tire beads extends axially inwardly to butt against a portion of said rim ring.