George Edw Watts

Author:

George Frederick Watts

ISBN #:

0112902146

Author:

George Frederick Watts

ISBN #:

0754605981

Author:

George Frederick Watts

ISBN #:

0854880186

Author:

George S. Watts

ISBN #:

0886291828

Author:

George S. Watts

ISBN #:

0886291836

Author:

George O. Watts

ISBN #:

0061426164

US Patent:

39904911, Nov 9, 1976

Filed:

Aug 19, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/498509

Inventors:

William J. Hampshire - Peninsula OH
George T. Watts - Canton OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60C 1704

US Classification:

152158

Abstract:

A safety or emergency insert device positioned on a wheel rim inside a tire chamber to support the tire in a deflated condition. The device has an annular ring member of substantially C-shaped cross section which member has a rim-engaging portion, an axially extending tire tread support portion and a curved intermediate portion joining the rim-engaging portion with one lateral edge of the tire tread support portion. The tread support portion is radially deflectable when a radial load is applied thereto by the weight of a vehicle when the tire surrounding the device is deflated. The annular ring member is made preferably of resilient plastic, spring steel or other suitable resilient material which will provide deflection when the support device is supporting a vehicle running on a flat tire.

US Patent:

39969851, Dec 14, 1976

Filed:

Jun 18, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/588100

Inventors:

John M. Cady - Munroe Falls OH
George T. Watts - North Canton OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60C 508
B60C 1502

US Classification:

152340

Abstract:

A pneumatic tire and wheel assembly of the drop center type is disclosed including an inflatable annular cord-reinforced tube for filling the well of the wheel. The uninflated diameter of the cord-reinforced annular tube is substantially equal to the diameter of the base of the wheel well but expands to a diameter greater than the diameter of the bead seats upon inflation. The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.