Abstract: The invention relates to the vehicles for off-road driving, both on land and on water, which can be used for construction of vehicles with good cross-country ability, (all-terrain vehicles). An all-terrain vehicle comprises a cabin with a glazing and a door, a passenger compartment, a frame, an engine with an exhaust system, a transmission gearbox, a steering gear, a running gear comprising a final drive system connected with at least two pairs of axle shafts with the wheels mounted on them having the low pressure tires, a suspension connected with the wheel tires, a tire inflation system, a heating system, a control system, is different in that it comprises an air line connected simultaneously with all wheel tires and associated with a tire inflation system.

Abstract: An idler wheel assembly for a mobile machine is disclosed. The idler wheel assembly may have an idler body defining a cavity between a hub portion and a rim portion. The idler wheel assembly may also have a sound suppression device. The sound suppression device may have a first side plate attached to the idler body and enclosing at least a portion of the cavity to form a closed space, and a second side plate attached to the idler body. The sound suppression device may further have a dampening member disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate, and dampening material positioned inside the closed space and in contact with a surface of an inner portion of the rim portion.

Abstract: A support assembly for a surface treating appliance includes a roller having one or more tires, wherein the one or more tires are fused to the roller. The roller can include a polymer such as polypropylene and may also include a glass filled impact modified copolymer such as a 20% glass filed impact modified copolymer. The tires can include a thermoplastic elastomer such as a modified polymer including a mixture of polypropylene and an ethylene propylene diene monomer. The thermoplastic elastomer may have a hardness of from 55 to 95 Duro measured on the A scale, more specifically from 70 to 79 Duro on the A scale or from 80 to 95 Duro on the A scale.

Abstract: Non-pneumatic resilient wheel (10), that is supported structurally and defines three perpendicular directions, circumferential (X), axial (Y) and radial (Z), this wheel comprising: a hub (11); an annular band referred to as a shear band (13) comprising at least one inner circumferential membrane (14) and one outer circumferential membrane (16) that are oriented in the circumferential direction X; and a plurality of support elements (12) that connect the hub (11) to the inner circumferential membrane (14)U. The two membranes (14, 16) are connected to one another by means of a series, that extends in the circumferential direction (X), of cylinders (15) referred to as connection cylinders, said connection cylinders (15) being non-touching in the circumferential direction X and having their generatrix oriented in the axial direction Y. The connection cylinders (15) are composite cylinders comprising fibers embedded in a resin matrix.

Abstract: An elastic wheel includes a disk (1) having a base rim (2), a rim (3) for supporting a tire (10), and an annular elastic rubber body (4) arranged between the outer peripheral surface of the base rim (2) and the inner peripheral surface of the rim (3). A gap is formed between the elastic rubber body (4) and the outer peripheral surface of the base rim (2) or the inner peripheral surface of the rim (3). The elastic rubber body (4) with the gap has a spring constant that shifts from a smaller value to a larger value as the input load increases, so that it absorbs vibration under small input conditions while being prevented from undergoing substantial deformation under large input conditions. The elastic wheel ensures riding comfortablesess performance and provides improved vibrationproof performance and soundproof performance, regardless of whether the input load is small or large, without sacrificing durability and safety.

Abstract: Hub apparatus for isolating the frame of a lightweight vehicle from shock imparted to a wheel on which the vehicle is mounted, the hub apparatus comprising an inner annular axle hub to which the frame is directly connected; an outer annular wheel hub surrounding the inner hub and connected directly to the wheel; an intermediate annular resiliently compressible spring engaged against opposing surfaces of the inner and outer hubs and separating the opposing surfaces of the hubs from each other; the intermediate spring being compressible such that shock imparted to the wheel is absorbed by compression of the spring between the opposing surfaces of the hubs.

Abstract: A reinforced resilient wheel having a rim (4), a hub (12), a shock absorbing air space (18), formed between a channel (10), and an elastomeric member (16) with flange means (26) clamping the elastomeric member to the rim, and reinforcing means (60, 62) for securing the elastomeric member to the rim.

Abstract: A resilient wheel of a railway car includes a hub (1) with an annular projection (2) on the outer surface thereof, and a pressure disk (8), the hub and the disk being connected by bracing elements (7), and having ventilation ports (3, 9). An inner rim (4) having an annular projection (5) on the inner surface thereof is interposed between the hub (1) and the pressure disk (8). The wheel further includes resilient elements (13) some of which are reinforced and disposed between the side surfaces of the pressure disk (8) and the annular projections (2, 5) of the inner rim (4) and hub (1), while one more resilient element is disposed between the hub (1) and the inner surface of the annular projection (5) of the inner rim (4).

Abstract: A resilient wheel having tire rim, a central hub portion, a shock absorbing member between the rim and the hub comprising an annular pneumatically sealed, hollow, substantially toroidal member, at least a portion of which is flexible, both the rim and the hub being attached to the toroidal member, one of which is attached to the flexible portion whereby shocks imparted to the rim are absorbed by the flexible portion and air within the toroidal member.

Abstract: A spare tire is provided for passenger autos to replace the usual fifth pneumatic tire and wheel assembly supplied as original equipment with autos. The tire includes a metal hub having an annular bulge to provide clearance for the brake calipers of an auto equipped with the tire. A series of rim segment assemblies with tread rubber thereon is mounted on the periphery of the hub member forming the tire rim. Each segment has a T-shaped metal member the T-stem of which is generally trapezoidal in shape and is vulcanized-bonded to a rubber block similar in shape which has an opposite surface vulcanized-bonded to a thin sheet metal segment. Each rim segment assembly is separately connected by suitable means to the hub member. A protective device guarding against tire collapse in event of failure of a bond between the rubber block and a metal member, engages the T-stem and hub member.