| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 157100170 |
For collapsing or shifting tire axially
| 136 |
| 157100330 |
For tire retaining ring | 2 |
| 20090151876 | Apparatus for Securing a Tire to a Wheel - An apparatus for securing a tire bead of a tire to a wheel is disclosure. The apparatus utilizes tire bead clamping structure to secure a the tire bead of a tire to the mounting flange of the wheel. The tire bead mounting flange contains a circumferential protrusion that extends axially outward from the fire bead mounting and makes contact with the tire bead. The removable, tire bead clamping ring makes contact with the opposite side of the tire bead and is secured to the wheel utilizing removable fasteners. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090288781 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING TIRES ON LARGE WHEELS - A device for mounting a tire on a wheel that includes a locking ring to hold the tire in place on the wheel, where the device includes a locking member which locks to the rim of the wheel and includes a cross bar with depending feet, which is connected to the locking member and is movable toward the locking member with the depending feet engaged with the locking ring to press the locking ring into locking engagement with the wheel. | 11-26-2009 |
| 157100350 |
For split rims (i.e., rim breakers) | 1 |
| 20110048649 | TIRE MOUNTING DEVICE, TIRE MOUNTING METHOD, WORKING DEVICE, AND WORKING METHOD - A tire mounting device is constructed from a first working mechanism and a second working mechanism that are separated from each other. The first working mechanism is provided with a tire holding means for holding a tire and with a temporary tightening means for temporarily tightening nuts onto hub bolts to which the tire is mounted. The second working mechanism is provided with a final tightening means for finally tightening the temporarily tightened nuts. | 03-03-2011 |
| Entries |
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| 20080289772 | Method and Apparatus For Mounting a Tire - Methods and apparatus for mounting a tire onto a wheel rim are provided. The wheel rim has an inside bead seat and an outside bead seat for receipt of an inside bead and an outside bead of the tire respectively. The wheel rim may also have a seat for receipt of a support ring. Seating of the bead rings of the tire into the bead seats is provided. When a support ring is desired and the wheel rim has a seat for receipt of the support ring, seating of the support ring as well as the tire onto the wheel rim is also provided. In certain embodiments, substantially simultaneous mounting of the inside and outside beads of the tire is provided by rollers that press these beads towards one another and onto the respective bead seats of the wheel rim. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090084506 | System and Method for Assembling a Tire and a Wheel - An apparatus for assembling a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The apparatus includes a single-cell workstation including a device that retains a wheel, and a plurality of sub-stations. The device moves the wheel to each of the plurality of sub-stations, without releasing the wheel, to assemble a tire-wheel assembly. A method is also disclosed. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090194239 | Tire Stand - A method and apparatus for centering a tire on a wheel for concentrically mounting the tire on the wheel. The tire and wheel assembly are placed on an arched member which gravitationally centers assembly on the arched member. Further, the arched member is also a rest for the tire sidewall to seal the bead of the tire on the wheel. A tire stand for handling, positioning and assisting in seating a bead is also provided. The tire stand also has an arched member to center the tire on the wheel. Two forks cradle a vertically positioned tire to initially position the tire and wheel assembly over the arched member. The tire stand is configured to be tilted to a horizontal position-with the tire and wheel assembly inserted, thereby centering the assembly on the arched member. A beading device can then be activated to the concentric tire and wheel assembly. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090236046 | Tire bead guide device of tire mounting/dismounting apparatus - A tire bead guide device of a tire mounting/dismounting apparatus is provided which separates a tire bead from a wheel rim without causing damage to a tire and improves the efficiency of the operation of exchanging the tire. An expandable arm arranged so as to be close to/away from a rotational axis of a turntable is provided with an insertion member angularly displaced around an angular displacement axis, and an insertion member drive section presses another end of an insertion member body, thereby angularly displacing an insertion part in a direction away from the rotational axis of the turntable, and a spring biasing section angularly displaces the insertion part in a direction close to the rotational axis. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100071855 | MOUNTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING A VEHICLE TIRE ON AND FROM A RIM - The invention refers to a mounting device for mounting or dismounting a vehicle tire on a wheel rim, the wheel rim or the wheel being supported on a mounting table and a pressing-down device being provided for sliding the vehicle tire on the wheel rim. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100263801 | Inflation Work Station - An inflation work station for inflating a tire-wheel assembly including a tire mounted to a wheel is disclosed. The inflation work station includes a working device having an end effecter. The end effecter includes a wheel-engaging plunger member, a retaining apparatus connected to the wheel-engaging plunger member, and an inflation apparatus connected to the wheel-engaging plunger member. The retaining apparatus includes at least one tire-engaging portion extending from a retaining apparatus base member. The inflation apparatus includes at least one inflation probe extending from an inflation apparatus base member. A method for operating an inflation work station is also disclosed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100288444 | USE OF COLORED INDICIA ON TIRES AS A DESIGNATOR - A tire or rim for use on a racing vehicle comprising colored indicia disposed on a sidewall of the tire wherein the color marking is configured to be used as a designator. The colored indicia can designate, among other things, 1) left or right side installation of the tire on the racing vehicle, 2) that the tire is constructed of a certain rubber compound, 3) a points leader of a vehicle racing series, and/or 4) a pole position holder of a vehicle racing event. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110100558 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND REMOVING TYRES ON AND FROM RESPECTIVE WHEEL RIMS - An apparatus ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110253317 | Jet Assisted Tubeless Tire Seating Device - A nozzle for seating a tubeless tire on a rim using pressurized gas includes an outlet, a jet configured to accept pressurized gas and emit a stream of gas through an orifice into a chamber. As the stream of gas enters the chamber, the Venturi effect causes air to enter the chamber through air intake ports and the stream of gas and air from the air intake ports is blown out of the outlet of the nozzle. A system for seating a tubeless tire on a rim includes the nozzle, a tank and a valve configured to control the flow of pressurized gas from the tank to the nozzle. The tire may be seated on the rim by positioning the system so that the air from the nozzle blows into the tire between the bead of the tire and the rim if the valve is opened. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110284170 | Device and method for changing the rotational angle position of a pneumatic tire on a wheel rim - Disclosed is a device for changing the rotational angle position of a pneumatic tire relative to a rim, on which the pneumatic tire is fitted to the rim, comprising a manipulating device ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120073764 | Robotic Weight Apply Station - An apparatus for processing a tire-wheel assembly comprising a single-cell workstation including a plurality of sub-stations. The plurality of sub-stations includes a weight application sub-station, and an audit balancing sub-station. The apparatus also includes a tire/wheel transporting device positioned within reach of all of the plurality of sub-stations. A method is also disclosed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120234499 | Rapid Opening Gas Valve - A pneumatically operated gas valve includes a piston positioned in a cylinder with one closed end so that the piston may seat against a gas outlet to close the gas valve. A control reservoir may be formed in the cylinder between the piston and the closed end of the cylinder. Means for filling the control reservoir with gas to a control pressure may be provided so that the control pressure acting against the piston may close the gas valve. A release valve may be opened to allow the gas in the control reservoir to escape through an exhaust port to open the gas valve. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120241099 | MOUNTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING A VEHICLE TIRE ON A WHEEL RIM - The invention refers to a mounting device for mounting or dismounting a vehicle tire on a wheel rim, the wheel rim or the wheel being supported on a mounting table and a pressing-down device being provided for sliding the vehicle tire on the wheel rim. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130168028 | System and Method for Processing a Tire-Wheel Assembly - An apparatus for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tire support member including a first tire support member, a second tire support member and a third tire support member. Each of the first, second and third tire support members include an upper surface and a lower surface. The apparatus includes a plurality of tire engaging devices including a first tire tread engaging post and a second tire tread engaging post. A method for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly is also disclosed. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140209251 | Method Of Preparing A Tire For Mounting - A method of preparing a tire for mounting includes providing a tire having a central axis and at least two bead portions, including a first bead portion and a second bead portion. The method also includes providing a plurality of members and moving the plurality of members outward until each of the plurality of members engages the first bead portion of the tire and causes the first bead portion to deflect outwards at a plurality of locations. The method further includes rotating at least one of the tire and the plurality of members about the central axis of the tire while the plurality of members engages the first bead portion of the tire. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140360677 | System and Method for Applying a Lubricating Paste to a Wheel - A system is disclosed. The system includes a processing station for processing at least one of a tire and a wheel prior to joining the tire and the wheel for forming a tire-wheel assembly. The processing station includes one of a tire lubricating sub-station and a wheel lubricating sub-station. A lubrication conditioning system is fluidly-coupled to the processing station. The lubrication conditioning system includes: a lubricant reservoir, a lubricant temperature modifier arranged at least proximate to the lubricant reservoir, a lubricant temperature sensor arranged within a cavity formed by the lubricant reservoir and a controller communicatively-coupled to both of the lubricant temperature modifier and the lubricant temperature sensor. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150090407 | TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A wheel for vehicles includes: a rim and a tyre mounted on the rim and inflated to an operating pressure; axial end portions of a tread band of the tyre radially spaced apart the same distance from a rotation axis of the wheel and a median circumferential line of the tread band axially shifted by a predetermined distance relative to a mid-line plane of the wheel; the wheel mounted on a car with a camber angle substantially zero and with the median circumferential line shifted toward the outside of the car relative to the mid-line plane. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160101659 | Recoil Reducing Tire Bead Seater Barrel - A nozzle for seating a tubeless tire on a rim using pressurized gas includes a coupling neck configured to accept the pressurized gas from a pressurized tank, a choke point adapter connected to the coupling neck and a nozzle body configured with a nozzle output. Pressurized air introduced into the coupling neck pass through the nozzle and exits the nozzle output in a burst of the pressurized gas that is directed between the tubeless tire and the rim to inflate the tire. The choke point adapter has a chokepoint surface with a chokepoint angle of sufficient angle to aid in reducing the recoil of the tubeless tire seating device. | 04-14-2016 |
