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US4192368A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Tire core bead for tubeless tires

Assignee: Industrie Pirelli SpA
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Filing: 1977-12-05
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Granted: 1980-03-11
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Expires: 1997-12-05
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Abstract

Abstract A tubeless tire for a vehicle of the type adapted to be mounted on a one-piece undetachable rim of the drop-center type is provided. The tire is suitable for use with a rim having its bead-seats for the tire beads shaped like a truncated cone with the vertex axially turned towards the inside of the rim. The tire has beads having bead bases which are substantially frustum shaped for combining with the bead-seat of the rim. The angle of inclination of the beads is approximately the same as that of the bead seat. The tire beads are provided with reinforcing metallic wire cores which comprise a plurality of metallic turns closely wound together so as to constitute substantially a massive annular element that is circumferentially inextensible and has a cross-section of a polygonal shape. The core base is the radially innermost side of the polygon with respect to the tire. The element has an `undercut` which is the side of the polygon that has one end in common with the axially internal end of the core base, the dihedral angle defined by the core base with the `undercut` being between 90° and 160°. The polygon is an irregular polygon and the wire core is disposed in the bead of the tire with axially innermost extremity of the undercut passing through a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire, passing through the axially innermost extremity of the bead-base.

Inventors

  • 👤 Luigi Maiocchi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 16:21
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60C; B60C15/00; B60C15/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 238 words
A vehicle tire of the type for being fitted onto a one-piece undetachable rim of the drop-center type and having its bead-seats for the tire beads shaped like a truncated cone with the vertex axially turned towards the inside of the rim, said beads having bead bases which are substantially a frustrum-shaped surface for combining with the said bead-seat, and having approximately the same angle of inclination as the latter, said beads being provided with a reinforcing metallic wire core, said wire core comprising a plurality of metallic turns closely wound together so as to constitute substantially a massive annular element that is circumferentially inextensible, and having a cross-section of a polygonal shape, the radially innermost side, with respect to the axis of rotation of the tire, of said polygon being the core base, the side of said polygon having one end in common with the axially internal end, with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, of said core base being the undercut, the dihedral angle defined by the core base with the undercut being between 90° and 160°, said tire being charcterized in that it comprises said wire core disposed in the bead with the axially innermost extremity, with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, of said undercut lying substantially on a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire and passing through the axially innermost extremity of the bead base.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 238 words
A vehicle tire of the type for being fitted onto a one-piece undetachable rim of the drop-center type and having its bead-seats for the tire beads shaped like a truncated cone with the vertex axially turned towards the inside of the rim, said beads having bead bases which are substantially a frustrum-shaped surface for combining with the said bead-seat, and having approximately the same angle of inclination as the latter, said beads being provided with a reinforcing metallic wire core, said wire core comprising a plurality of metallic turns closely wound together so as to constitute substantially a massive annular element that is circumferentially inextensible, and having a cross-section of a polygonal shape, the radially innermost side, with respect to the axis of rotation of the tire, of said polygon being the core base, the side of said polygon having one end in common with the axially internal end, with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, of said core base being the undercut, the dihedral angle defined by the core base with the undercut being between 90° and 160°, said tire being charcterized in that it comprises said wire core disposed in the bead with the axially innermost extremity, with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, of said undercut lying substantially on a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire and passing through the axially innermost extremity of the bead base.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A vehicle tire as in claim 1 wherein said polygon is an irregular polygon, asymmetrical respecting the straight line parallel to the core base, and passing through the axially innermost extremity of said undercut.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
A vehicle tire as in claim 2 wherein said polygon is a hexagon having its pair of sides parallel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
A vehicle tire as in claim 1 wherein said core base has, in the tire bead, an inclination that is substantially equal to that of said bead-set of the relative mounting rim.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

FR1418887A Cited
US3722568A Cited
DE2323051A1 Cited
DE2458923A1 Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1983-03-11 1983-09-10 1984-03-11 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1987-03-11 1987-09-10 1988-03-11 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1991-03-11 1991-09-10 1992-03-11 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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