Patent ID: 7690409
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A connecting and guide element for a tire chain for connecting a side mesh of the tire chain to a side tensioning strand and for accommodating an excess length of the tensioning strand, wherein the element comprises: at least two eyes for accommodating the tensioning strand, for accommodating the excess length, and for accommodating connecting links to the side mesh, wherein two of the at least two eyes for the tensioning strand and the excess length lie in a first plane; and two additional eyes lying in a second plane running essentially orthogonally to the first plane, wherein the two additional eyes are provided for accommodating the connecting links to the side mesh; and two plate-like sections, including a larger first section with the at least two eyes lying in the first plane, and a smaller second section with the two additional eyes lying in the second plane, wherein the first section is located radially towards a center of the tire on which the chain is mounted and has a thickness reducing towards an end oriented toward the center of the tire.