Patent ID: 7357170
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: B60B,G01M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A split rim for a tire comprising: a one-side rim section on which a one-side bead portion of a pneumatic tire is seated and which has an outer cylindrical portion in an approximately cylindrical shape projecting inward in the axial direction; an other-side rim section on which the other-side bead portion of said pneumatic tire is seated and which has an inner cylindrical portion in an approximately cylindrical shape projecting inward in the axial direction and inserted into the outer cylindrical portion of said one-side rim section; a fastening means for fastening said one-side and the other-side rim sections to each other when the cylindrical portions of the one-side and the other-side rim sections are overlaid due to said insertion; and an expanding means for expanding a part of the inner cylindrical portion at said overlaid part outward in the radial direction to bring the inner and the outer cylindrical portions into close contact, wherein the fastening means of the one-side rim section and the fastening means of the other-side rim section constitute a bayonet type fastening means for fastening the one-side rim section and the other-side rim section with each other.