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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Renaud Rivaton, Blanzat, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/22 ; B60C 1/701 ; B60C 5/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/22 ; B60C 1/701 ; B60C 5/22 ;
Abstract
A toric membrane of reinforced rubber, used as a supporting means for the tread of a tubeless tire, and forming with said tire and its mounting rim a traveling assembly, characterized in that, inflated to a pressure po greater than the pressure p,of the cavity of the tire, it has, in the inflated state, a crown radius R,less than the loaded radius R,of the tire used at its recommended pressure, said membrane being reinforced, at least in its crown, by a crown reinforcement and a hooping reinforcement, composed of cords or cables oriented circumferentially.