US 5,211,783 AGranted

Unit comprising a toric tire

AssigneeCompagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin - Michelin & Cie

InventorJean-Pierre Pompier

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Abstract

A tire of the closed torus type is made solid with a rim due to bead wires hich hug a body tightly between themselves and the rim. At each lateral end of the rim, a shoulder is provided and extended by a seat. Diameter .phi..sub.s of the seat is always less than the shoulder diameter .phi..sub.c, and the shape of the bead wire assumes the shape of the rim over at least a 45.degree. sector.

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A tire and rim unit comprising a tire which is a closed torus type tire and a rim for supporting said tire, said unit comprising:

a carcass for reinforcing said tire, an interior rubber inside of said carcass, said carcass and said interior rubber forming a closed torus;
and
a pair of bead wires each of which is positioned on the inside of said carcass and said interior rubber near lateral ends of said rim for tightly securing said carcass between said bead wires and said rim, wherein said rim defines shoulders which axially extend from each of the lateral ends of the rim, and seats which axially extend from the shoulders, such that the pair of bead wires are positioned directly radially outward of the seats and said tire is immobilized on a radially exterior surface of said rim by said bead wires;
wherein, in a cutting plane containing an axis of rotation of said tire and rim unit:
the position of said beam wire in relation to said rim, at each of the lateral ends of said rim, is defined by the shoulder provided on said rim and extended axially outward by the seat, said seat being entirely situated radially at a diameter which is less than a diameter (.phi..sub.c) of said shoulder;
a lower diameter (.phi..sub.t) of said bead wire which is measured from a radially innermost edge of said bead wire which is adjacent to said carcass is less than the diameter (.phi..sub.c) of said shoulder;
said bead wire assumes a shape of said seat of said rim over at least a 45.degree. swept sector which is displaced toward the interior of said rim from a line which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said tire and rim unit and dropped from a center of gravity of said bead wire;
and
an angle .alpha., which is an angle measured in relation to a straight line perpendicular to said axis of rotation that a first line tangent to said carcass makes at a position where said first tangent line and carcass leaves contact with said bead wire on an axially exterior side of said tire, being less than an angle .beta., which is an angle measured in relation to a straight line perpendicular to said axis of rotation that a second line tangent to said carcass makes at a position where said second tangent line and carcass leaves contact with said bead wire on an axially interior side of said tire.

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Abstract

A tire and rim unit comprising a tire which is a closed torus type tire and a rim for supporting said tire, said unit comprising:

a carcass for reinforcing said tire, an interior rubber inside of said carcass, said carcass and said interior rubber forming a closed torus;
and
a pair of bead wires each of which is positioned on the inside of said carcass and said interior rubber near lateral ends of said rim for tightly securing said carcass between said bead wires and said rim, wherein said rim defines shoulders which axially extend from each of the lateral ends of the rim, and seats which axially extend from the shoulders, such that the pair of bead wires are positioned directly radially outward of the seats and said tire is immobilized on a radially exterior surface of said rim by said bead wires;
wherein, in a cutting plane containing an axis of rotation of said tire and rim unit:
the position of said beam wire in relation to said rim, at each of the lateral ends of said rim, is defined by the shoulder provided on said rim and extended axially outward by the seat, said seat being entirely situated radially at a diameter which is less than a diameter (.phi..sub.c) of said shoulder;
a lower diameter (.phi..sub.t) of said bead wire which is measured from a radially innermost edge of said bead wire which is adjacent to said carcass is less than the diameter (.phi..sub.c) of said shoulder;
said bead wire assumes a shape of said seat of said rim over at least a 45.degree. swept sector which is displaced toward the interior of said rim from a line which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said tire and rim unit and dropped from a center of gravity of said bead wire;
and
an angle .alpha., which is an angle measured in relation to a straight line perpendicular to said axis of rotation that a first line tangent to said carcass makes at a position where said first tangent line and carcass leaves contact with said bead wire on an axially exterior side of said tire, being less than an angle .beta., which is an angle measured in relation to a straight line perpendicular to said axis of rotation that a second line tangent to said carcass makes at a position where said second tangent line and carcass leaves contact with said bead wire on an axially interior side of said tire.

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