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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Craig M. Zehnder, Akron, OH (US);
Greg Peer, Delmont, PA (US);
James Burg, Verona, PA (US);
Stephen Leonard, Sarver, PA (US);
Henry Sklyut, Delmont, PA (US);
John Cobes, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Anton Rovito, Parma, OH (US);
Gabriele Ciccola, Hudson, OH (US);
Kelly Weiler, Oakmont, PA (US);
Michael Kulak, Murrysville, PA (US);
James Black, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Glenn Jarvis, Allison Park, PA (US);
Wilson Lee, Northfield, OH (US);
Grant DeGeorge, Strongsville, OH (US);
Arconic Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A wheel for a pneumatic tire has a rim with one monolithic bead seat and a removable beat seat. The removable bead seat has two halves that embrace the rim and engage a groove to retain the tire. The removable bead seat may have a second lip either monolithically formed or as a part of a separate retainer that bolts to the bead seat. The wheel may be made from aluminum alloy.