Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheel assembly
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Application No.: US15431194Application Date: 2017-02-13
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Publication No.: US09884511B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Craig M. Zehnder , Greg Peer , James Burg , Stephen Leonard , Henry Sklyut , John Cobes , Anton Rovito , Gabriele Ciccola , Kelly Weiler , Michael Kulak , James Black , Glenn Jarvis , Wilson Lee , Grant DeGeorge
- Applicant: Arconic Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Arconic Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arconic Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: B60B25/12
- IPC: B60B25/12 ; B60B11/02 ; B60B25/18 ; B60B25/20

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170151832A1 WHEEL ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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