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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Alain Clouet, Sainte-Maurice, FR;
Renaud Rivaton, Blanzat, FR;
Abstract
A toric membrane of reinforced rubber, used as a support for the tread of a tubeless tire and forming with the tire P and its mounting rim a rolling assembly, characterized in that, when inflated to a pressure p 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 when used at its recommended pressure, the membrane being reinforced in its crown by a crown reinforcement and a hooping reinforcement composed of circumferentially oriented cords or cables, and in its sidewalls by at least one reinforcement ply, wound around an annular reinforcement element having a breaking load slightly greater than that of the hooping reinforcement.