TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY BODY AND RUN-FLAT SUPPORTING BODY

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire/wheel assembly body and a run-flat supporting body which facilitate the simultaneous rim assembly operation of a pneumatic tire and the run-flat supporting body. PSOLUTION: In the tire/wheel assembly body into which the run-flat supporting body 3, which comprises a ring-shaped shell 4 wherein the external peripheral side is used for a supporting face and the internal peripheral side is also forked into two legs and elastic rings 5 for supporting the forked end sections on the rim, is inserted, the elastic ring 5SBo/SBpositioned on the front side of a wheel out of the elastic rings 5 is provided with a part whose flexural rigidity in a tire axis direction is lower than that in a residual range in the peripheral length range of 1/4 to 1/2. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO