Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Maxion Wheels U.s.a. LLC

Maxion Wheels Holding Gmbh

Johan Vits

Daniel Walser

Ralf Duning

Bertrand Vedy

Benjamin Edward Ebel

Assembly of a rim and of a flexible adapter, intended to make up, with a tyre, a rolling assembly. The rim having a mounting well that is extended axially by a boss, a rim seat and a rim flange that extends the rim seat axially on the outside, with a bearing face of substantially radial orientation. The adapter having an axially inner end intended to rest on the rim seat, an axially outer end and a substantially cylindrical body that connects the axially inner end and the axially outer end and is intended to receive, in cooperation with the axially outer end, a tyre bead. The rim seat of the rim has an inclination relative to the axis of rotation of between −2 and +6 degrees, the angle being counted as positive when the virtual vertex of the substantially frustoconical seat is situated axially on the outside.

Flexible adapter and rim assembly for a rolling assembly

A hubcap for a wheel with a floating tire seat, the wheel having a rim comprising a tire seat extended axially outwards by a flange, the tire seat being radially floating, comprises a central edge and an exterior periphery, in which the central edge comprises fixing elements for attaching to the rigid part of the wheel and in which the central edge is connected to the exterior periphery by an intermediate sector that is deformable so that the exterior periphery can be moved at least radially inwards with respect to the central edge.

Flexible hubcap for a vehicle wheel having a floating seat

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Boechout, Belgium

Johan Vits