Bead construction for tubeless tires

摘要

A tire-bead structure for a tubeless tire, especially for trucks and other heavy vehicles, having a steep-shoulder felly on the wheel which can be inclined outwardly at an angle of about 15 DEG to the horizontal, comprises a bead core made up of a plurality of concentric turns of steel band or strip in nesting relationship and bent in an outwardly concave pattern so that at least an axially inward portion of each turn or strip lies at an angle to a radially outward portion thereof.