Patent ID: 8646502
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60C

Abstract:
1. A run-flat device intended to be fitted to a tubeless mounted assembly for a motor vehicle, which comprises a wheel rim in several blocks and a tire cover comprising beads mounted against flanges of the rim, the device comprising: an annular supporting structure which is intended to be mounted around the rim so as to support the cover following a drop in inflating pressure inside the mounted assembly, and which comprises a reinforcement, and locking means for locking the beads against the rim flanges and which are intended to connect the supporting structure to the beads, characterized in that the reinforcement comprises an axial belt having at least one pair of opposing ends separated by an axial connecting gap and connected together by removable connecting means for fastening the belt, said supporting structure being split right through radially in line with said or each gap so as to allow the device to be mounted manually inside the cover by gradually inserting into said cover said structure which is temporarily devoid of said connecting means, said removable connecting means comprising at least one connecting flange which is fixed removably on a radially internal face of said supporting structure by fasteners which are inserted into this flange.