Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.a.

Compagnie Générale Des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie

Gilbert Pauc

Thomas Emberger

A wheel having a rim with first and second rim seats, at least the first rim seat having a generatrix, the axially outer end of which is on a circle of diameter less than the diameter of the circle on which the axially inner end is located, the first rim seat being extended axially outward by a low protrusion or hump and axially inward by a bearing surface intended to receive a tread support ring, and a wheel disk, joined on the side of the first rim seat to the radially inner wall of the rim, characterized in that the rim bearing surface includes first and second support zones separated by a circumferential groove which opens radially outward.

Wheel with rim having seats inclined toward the outside

A support in which the electric elements for the monitoring of a tire are corporated is immobilized on a wheel rim by the use of a locking element which includes two sealing lips.

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Cebazat, France

Gilbert Pauc