Patent ID: 6360800
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A runflat wheel for tubeless tires, comprisinga circular tire rim having coaxially thereof, and intermediate opposite ends thereof an annular drop-center section, a pair of circumferential flange sections integral with and projecting radially outwardly beyond opposite ends, respectively, of said drop-center section for engagement with the circular beads of a tire mounted on said rim, an annular runflat device having therethrough an axial bore removably secured coaxially on said drop-center section of said rim, and having an outer peripheral surface thereof disposed normally to be spaced from a properly inflated tire on said rim, and to be engaged by an inner peripheral surface of the tire when the tire is operated in a deflated mode, said device including an annular flange integral therewith adjacent to and projecting coaxially beyond one end of said axial bore thereof, and coaxially over an annular portion of said drop-center section adjacent one end thereof, said annular flange having in an inner peripheral surface thereof a plurality of recesses angularly spaced from each other about the axial centerline of said flange, and a plurality of axially extending projections integral with respect to and projecting radially from said annular portion of said drop-center section at angularly spaced points about its axis and into said recesses in said flange to secure said device against any movement relative to said tire rim.