Vehicle wheel for a pneumatic tire
AssigneeContinental Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWolfgang Spitz
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel for a pneumatic tire of elastomeric material is provided. The bead portions of the tire are disposed on the radially inner periphery of the wheel rim, and the carcass of the tire is anchored in the bead portions by being looped-around pull and compression-resistant bead cores. The wheel has a rigid rim having essentially inwardly extending rim flanges and, axially inwardly thereof, rim seating surfaces for the bead portions of the tire. The rim flanges have abutment surfaces that face the bead portions of the tire and are inclined outwardly at an angle of between 5.degree. and 50.degree. relative to the radial direction.
Claims9
In a vehicle wheel for a pneumatic tire of elastomeric material, where the bead portions of the tire are disposed on the radially inner periphery of the wheel rim, and the carcass of the tire is anchored in said bead portions thereof by being looped around pull- and compression-resistant bead cores, and where the wheel has a rigid rim having essentially inwardly extending rim flanges and, axially inwardly thereof, rim seating surfaces for said bead portions of said tires, the improvement wherein:
- each of said rim flanges has an abutment surface that faces one of said bead portions of said tire, with said abutment surfaces being inclined outwardly at an angle of between 5.degree. and 50.degree. relative to a radial direction;
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- said rim seating surfaces for said bead portions of said tire are inclined relative to an axial direction in such a way that said rim seating surfaces have their greatest diameter at said rim flanges, which are disposed axially outwardly of said rim seating surfaces, with the angle of inclination of said rim seating surfaces being between 10 and 40.degree..
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