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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroyoshi Takigawa, Higashi-Murayama, JA;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Tire Company Limited, Tokyo, JA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152365 ; 152363 ;
Abstract
A flap for radial tires which is improved over a conventional flap construction is disclosed. The flap features and employs the following constructional relation between an annular wing portion of the flap and a standard wheel rim. ##EQU1## In one preferable embodiment, ##EQU2## WHERE HW IS A HEIGHT OF THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE ANNULAR WING PORTION OF THE FLAP, HF IS A HEIGHT OF THE FLANGE OF THE STANDARD WHEEL RIM, AND LW IS A PERIPHERAL LENGTH OF THE ANNULAR WING PORTION OF THE FLAP PER SE FROM ITS BOTTOM TO ITS PERIPHERAL EDGE.