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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1999
Eric Michelot, Cergy, FR;
Alain Lelievre, Fresnoy en Thelle, FR;
Bruno Pelletier, Villers-sous-Saint-Leu, FR;
Eric Carpentier, Champagne-sur-Oise, FR;
Hutchinson, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A run-flat device for a motor vehicle, the device being designed to be fitted clamped on a standard rim having lateral flanges for holding the beads of a tire, wherein the device is constituted by at least two coaxial annular pieces engaged one on the other, the radially-inner piece being of relatively rigid material and forming an open ring around the rim, the radially-outer piece being based on an elastically deformable material and comprising a one-piece continuous surrounding the radially-inner annular piece and having an inside diameter that is substantially equal to or greater than the outside diameter of a lateral flange of the rim.