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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2023
Hutchinson S.a., Paris, FR;
Germain Bélanger, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, CA;
Derek Harvey, Montréal, CA;
Martin Levesque, Montréal, CA;
Larry W. Stuck, Amherst, NY (US);
Lars Johan Resare, Ewing, NJ (US);
Peter Kenneth Hobe, Levittown, PA (US);
Kevin Buck, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jason Scala, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Hutchinson S.A., Paris, FR;
Abstract
A run flat device configured to be fitted to a tubeless mounted assembly for a motor vehicle, which includes a wheel rim and a tire cover including beads mounted against edges of the rim, the run flat device including: an annular supporting structure which is configured to be mounted around the rim so as to support the cover following a drop in inflating pressure inside the mounted assembly, including: three composite spring segments forming sectors in an arc of a circle assembled circumferentially around the rim forming the annular supporting structure by means of transverse pins whose shape geometry is asymmetrical; and an arrangement for locking the beads against the edges which are configured to connect the annular supporting structure to these beads.