A wheel for vehicle 1 is provided with a disc 10 and a rim 20 and has a braking device 30 housed therein. An annular flange portion 41 protruded inward from a bead seat portion 22 in a radial direction of the wheel 1 is disposed at an end of the rim 20 on a side opposite to the disc 10. The flange portion 41 has an inclined surface 41a on a side opposite to the disc 10. The flange portion 41 is inclined toward the disc 10 in a direction toward a central axis L of the wheel 1. The inclined surface 41a acts to reduce air resistance at the wheel 1 while the vehicle is running and guides a portion of an underfloor airflow to an inner space of the wheel 1 to secure an amount of air for cooling the braking device 30.

A wheel for vehicle 1 is provided with a disc 10 and a rim 20 and has a braking device 30 housed therein. An annular flange portion 41 protruded inward from a bead seat portion 22 in a radial direction of the wheel 1 is disposed at an end of the rim 20 on a side opposite to the disc 10. The flange portion 41 has an inclined surface 41a on a side opposite to the disc 10. The flange portion 41 is inclined toward the disc 10 in a direction toward a central axis L of the wheel 1. The inclined surface 41a acts to reduce air resistance at the wheel 1 while the vehicle is running and guides a portion of an underfloor airflow to an inner space of the wheel 1 to secure an amount of air for cooling the braking device 30.

A shading system for tires and wheels being built to a customized shape and size to cover at minimum the sidewall of a tire. The shading system may be comprised of, but is not limited to, multiple layers of shading material offering ultraviolet and heat protection for the covered area and a multipoint harness to secure the shade to the tire.

A shading system for tires and wheels being built to a customized shape and size to cover at minimum the sidewall of a tire. The shading system may be comprised of, but is not limited to, multiple layers of shading material offering ultraviolet and heat protection for the covered area and a multipoint harness to secure the shade to the tire.

A braking device for braking a wheel of an aircraft, a hub of which is mounted rotatably on an axle includes a stack of discs threaded on a torque tube which is attached to the axle and equipped internally with a heat shield extending opposite an outer surface of the hub facing the stack of discs to protect the hub from heat radiation generated by the stack of discs. The heat shield includes a tubular body which is coaxial to the torque tube and retaining tabs which are resiliently deformable and secured to the tubular body, each of the retaining tabs and an inner surface of the torque tube including additional raised portions to engage with one another so as to axially immobilize the heat shield inside the torque tube.

A protector for a wheel is formed from a plurality of segments. Each segment is formed from a synthetic material and has an arcuate distal edge of a first radius, the distal edge forming a lip to engage a distal edge of the wheel. Each segment has at least two spoke adjacent edges and an arcuate proximal edge with a second radius less than the first radius. In some embodiments, the proximal edge defines a hook to engage an inner recess of the wheel. Each spoke adjacent edge is configured to reside near a spoke of the wheel during use. In some embodiments, a protrusion extended from the lip serves as a pinch point when a tire deforms during an impact event.

A protector for a wheel is formed from a plurality of segments. Each segment is formed from a synthetic material and has an arcuate distal edge of a first radius, the distal edge forming a lip to engage a distal edge of the wheel. Each segment has at least two spoke adjacent edges and an arcuate proximal edge with a second radius less than the first radius. In some embodiments, the proximal edge defines a hook to engage an inner recess of the wheel. Each spoke adjacent edge is configured to reside near a spoke of the wheel during use. In some embodiments, a protrusion extended from the lip serves as a pinch point when a tire deforms during an impact event.

An assembly (18) comprises a motorcycle tire (12) and at least one insert (16) for a sidewall of the tire (12). The insert (16) is removably fastened to the sidewall. The sidewall insert (16) comprises two free end edges arranged so that, when the tire (12) is mounted on a mounting support (14) in order to form a mounted assembly (10) and when the mounted assembly (10) is mounted on the motorcycle, the insert (16) can be mounted on and removed from the sidewall of the tire (12) without removing the mounted assembly (10) from the motorcycle. An insert (16) and a set of inserts that can be used in such an assembly (18), are disclosed together with a method for mounting an insert (16) or a set of inserts in order to form such an assembly (18).

An assembly (18) comprises a motorcycle tire (12) and at least one insert (16) for a sidewall of the tire (12). The insert (16) is removably fastened to the sidewall. The sidewall insert (16) comprises two free end edges arranged so that, when the tire (12) is mounted on a mounting support (14) in order to form a mounted assembly (10) and when the mounted assembly (10) is mounted on the motorcycle, the insert (16) can be mounted on and removed from the sidewall of the tire (12) without removing the mounted assembly (10) from the motorcycle. An insert (16) and a set of inserts that can be used in such an assembly (18), are disclosed together with a method for mounting an insert (16) or a set of inserts in order to form such an assembly (18).

A protector shield for a sidewall of a motor vehicle tire, and to a wheel assembly for a motor vehicle incorporating this protector shield is provided. This protector annular shield is configured to be mounted on a wheel rim receiving said tire. The protector shield includes at least two concentric shield rings having a first shield ring and a second shield ring which are axially juxtaposed and which respectively include, substantially arranged end to end in a circumferential direction, a plurality of first arcuate sectors and a plurality of second arcuate sectors which angularly overlap each other, so that every two consecutive second sectors are substantially arranged end to end axially in front of a first sector short of both ends of this first sector.