reforço de pneu para rodar vazio (rtf), suporte de pneu para rodar vazio (rft), conjunto de roda, método para fabricar um suporte de pneu para rodar vazio (rft) e método para fabricar um reforço de pneu para rodar vazio (rft)

• Main Authors: PATRICIO JIMENEZ JR, JEFFREY D. ZAWISZA, WAYNE R. WILKOMM, KIMBERLY F. BENNETT, RICK L. TABOR, CHRIS P. CHRISTENSON, MARTY C. CORNELL, RALPH D. PRIESTER, PEDER E. DANIELSEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 30.11.2010
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; CASTORS; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The present invention provides a unitary run flat tire (RFT) reinforcement that is formed into a relatively rigid shape. The reinforcement is insertable into a mold for an RFT support and can maintain the needed structural rigidity for such insertion. Further, the invention provides an RFT support that is molded and includes the RFT reincforcement. The invention also provides a wheel assembly including a tire, a rim, and an RFT support between the rim and the tire, where the support includes the RFT reinforcement The RFT support can have a coloured indicator formed or subsequently applied thereto to indicate one or more attributes of the support.