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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Dodt, Stadthagen, DE;
Klaus Kleinhoff, Rodenberg, DE;
Oliver Schürmann, Langenhagen, DE;
Frank Gauterin, Neustadt am Rübenberge, DE;
Ivar Veit, Nauheim, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 5/00 ;
Abstract
Motor vehicle wheel including a wheel rim and a tire having a tire interior enclosed by the wheel rim and the tire. The tire is mounted on the wheel rim, and the wheel also includes an insert composed of a ring-shaped sound-absorbing material that is positioned within the tire interior. The wheel further includes an acoustically transparent support element having tensile strength, at least in a circumferential direction of the tire, that is coupled to the insert.