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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:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
May. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Holmes, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
Assignee:
Dunlop Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152366 ; 1523 / ; 152405 ;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire and wheel rim assembly comprises a one-piece wheel rim comprising a pair of annular flanges, inwardly of the outboard rim flange a bead seat adjacent and axially inwardly of which is a circumferential notch, a center portion of diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the bead seat, a well wide enough to accept a single tire bead adjacent the inboard rim flange and a blanking member blanking off said well and acting as at least a part of a bead seat for the inboard bead of the tire.