Patent ID: 8382212
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. Tubeless steel wheel for vehicles intended for the transport of loads or large number of passengers, trucks or buses, the wheel comprised of a rim ( 1 ) and a disk ( 2 ), wherein the rim ( 1 ) is sized equal or greater than about 5.25 inches in width, wherein the rim ( 1 ) comprises, beginning from a side where the disk ( 2 ) is mounted, a first rim flange ( 6 ), adjacent to a first bead seat ( 5 ), the bead seat ( 5 ) being adjacent to a first rim ledge ( 7 ), the first ledge ( 7 ) joining a ramp ( 9 ), the ramp ( 9 ) being adjacent to a second ledge ( 4 ), which joins a rim ledge ( 3 ) by means of a side wall ( 13 ), an internal wall ( 14 ), which joins the rim ledge ( 3 ) to a second bead seat ( 15 ), and a second rim flange ( 12 ) adjacent to the second bead seat ( 15 ), wherein the disk ( 2 ) includes an end portion ( 21 ) disposed adjacent to the second rim ledge ( 4 ), and wherein the wheel includes a valve hole ( 11 ) disposed at a junction point ( 10 ) defined at an intersection between the bead seat ( 5 ) and the first ledge ( 7 ).