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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2001
Oliver Schürmann, Langenhagen, DE;
Andreas Dieckmann, Hannover, DE;
Anton Steiner, Hannover, DE;
Thomas Dodt, Stadthagen, DE;
Frank Gauterin, Neustadt, DE;
Mehmet Sadettin Fidan, Garbsen, DE;
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
Motor vehicle wheel having a tire mounted on a rim and method of making the same. The wheel includes a ring made of a sound-absorbing material positioned inside the interior of the tire and encircling the rim. Threads are arranged to cover the ring to fix the ring to the rim. The threads are stretched over both sides of the ring one of towards or onto the rim. The method includes positioning the ring made of sound-absorbing material onto a circumferential area of the rim and stretching threads over the ring made of sound-absorbing material one of toward and onto the rim.