Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Eckhard Kuhlmann

Udo Frerichs

Axel Metge

Werner Knauf

Klaus Behnsen

Heinrich Kohler

A belted tire, especially for motor vehicles, has an inner carcass ply, the end portions of which extend from the inner surface of the tire, about an annular bead core, toward the outer surface of the tire. To form a connection point, the end of the outer section of the carcass ply is placed against the inwardly disposed section. The carcass ply approaches the bead core essentially tangentially, and is disposed thereabout. Between the bead core and the connection point, the two carcass ply sections extend linearly and have essentially the same length.

Belted tire with specified carcass ply turn up

A filler ring for a vehicle wheel and pneumatic tire assembly, in which the beads of the tire are mounted on the radially inner periphery of a drop-center wheel rim adjacent essentially radially inwardly extending rim flanges. The filler ring fills a space located between a tire bead and a wall of the drop-center. The filler ring is provided with a plurality of circumferentially extending hollow chambers that are disposed in two planes which are superimposed over one another in a radial direction and are separated from one another via a diagonal rib. Each of the planes of hollow chambers is provided with at least two hollow chambers that are successively arranged in an axial direction. The filler ring has a side wall that rests against a tire bead and extends perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and an oppositely disposed inclined wall that extends at approximately 80.degree. to the axis of rotation. The diagonal rib extends between a radially inner half of the side wall and a radially outer half of the inclined wall. To better prevent shifting of the filler ring radially inwardly, the diagonal rib forms an angle of less than 75.degree.-85.degree. with a radially inner half of the inclined wall.

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Hanover, Germany

Eckhard Kuhlmann