Patent ID: 6463974
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A vehicle wheel and tire assembly comprising:a wheel rim; a pneumatic tire having a tread, two side walls and two beads, the pneumatic tire being mounted to the wheel rim; an emergency running support body arranged within the pneumatic tire; the emergency running support body comprising a ring-shaped body; the ring-shaped body comprising a first axial outer wall region, a second axial outer wall region, and an emergency running support surface adapted to support the pneumatic tire in an emergency running condition; a first ring-shaped support element arranged to radially support the first axial outer wall region; a second ring-shaped support element arranged to radially support the second axial outer wall region; wherein each of the first and the second ring-shaped support elements comprises a multi-layered structure, and wherein layers of the multi-layered structure are radially arranged.