Dual Rims Patents (Class 301/13.2)
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Patent number: 10744820Abstract: An aircraft wheel including a rim (2) comprising two assembled-together rim halves (3a, 3b), each rim half (3a, 3b) having a bearing surface (7) extending in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation (X) of the aircraft wheel. The aircraft wheel further includes a spacer (9) situated between the two bearing surfaces (7) when the rim halves (3a, 3b) are assembled together.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMSInventors: Jerome Darsy, Xavier Delayre, Celine Colonna
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Patent number: 9884511Abstract: A wheel for a pneumatic tire has a rim with one monolithic bead seat and a removable beat seat. The removable bead seat has two halves that embrace the rim and engage a groove to retain the tire. The removable bead seat may have a second lip either monolithically formed or as a part of a separate retainer that bolts to the bead seat. The wheel may be made from aluminum alloy.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Arconic Inc.Inventors: Craig M. Zehnder, Greg Peer, James Burg, Stephen Leonard, Henry Sklyut, John Cobes, Anton Rovito, Gabriele Ciccola, Kelly Weiler, Michael Kulak, James Black, Glenn Jarvis, Wilson Lee, Grant DeGeorge
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Patent number: 9604498Abstract: A wheel for a pneumatic tire has a rim with one monolithic bead seat and a removable beat seat. The removable bead seat has two halves that embrace the rim and engage a groove to retain the tire. The removable bead seat may have a second lip either monolithically formed or as a part of a separate retainer that bolts to the bead seat. The wheel may be made from aluminum alloy.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Arconic Inc.Inventors: Craig M. Zehnder, Greg Peer, James Burg, Stephen Leonard, Henry Sklyut, John Cobes, Anton Rovito, Gabriele Ciccola, Kelly Weiler, Michael Kulak, James Black, Glenn Jarvis, Wilson Lee, Grant DeGeorge
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Publication number: 20150008722Abstract: A wheel spacer for dual wheels that allows for larger tires to be mounted to the dual-wheel assembly of a motor vehicle. The wheel spacer has a main body surrounding a central aperture. A plurality of attachment apertures are located along the main body and a plurality of threaded bolts extent from the main body's front surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventor: Cory Bride
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Patent number: 8678518Abstract: A wheel assembly includes: (a) a hub adapted to be mounted for rotation about an axis and defining a housing for enclosing a gear set, the hub having a generally cylindrical outer surface; (b) a ring surrounding the outer surface of the hub; and (c) a generally cylindrical rim surrounding at least a portion of the hub, the rim adapted to carry a tire and having a radially inwardly extending mounting flange. The mounting flange is fastened to the ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ernesto Camilo Rivera, Augusto Jurado
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Publication number: 20120062020Abstract: A wheel assembly includes: (a) a hub adapted to be mounted for rotation about an axis and defining a housing for enclosing a gear set, the hub having a generally cylindrical outer surface; (b) a ring surrounding the outer surface of the hub; and (c) a generally cylindrical rim surrounding at least a portion of the hub, the rim adapted to carry a tire and having a radially inwardly extending mounting flange. The mounting flange is fastened to the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Ernesto Camilo Rivera, Augusto Jurado
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Publication number: 20100052409Abstract: An outside diameter of a rim spacer of a vehicle wheel is formed with an equal outside diameter dimension to those of fringe portions and of an outer rim making it possible to prevent a step from being produced between the fringe portion of the outer rim and the rim spacer. An abutment portion of an inner rim has an outside diameter formed with an equivalent diameter to the outside diameter of the rim spacer to prevent a step from being produced therebetween. This prevents an inner tire from being inclined diagonally between the inner rim and the rim spacer and also prevents a bead seat band and the like of the inner tire from being caught between the outer rim and the rim spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jun IKEDA
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Publication number: 20100013293Abstract: A vehicle wheel assembly and a method of making the wheel assembly. In one embodiment, a wheel assembly may include a rim, a hoop member, and a resilient member. The hoop member may be disposed around the rim and spaced apart from the rim. The resilient member may be disposed around the hoop member, and portions of the resilient member may protrude through openings in the hoop member toward the rim. A tying member may tie each protruding portion to the rim, and the tying members may remain in tension while the wheel assembly is unloaded. In other embodiments, the wheel assembly may also include a second hoop member, or a traction layer, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventor: Brian A. Russell
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Patent number: 7252348Abstract: There is provided a wheel assembly and associated method of mounting wheels about a hub, by providing a hub comprising a shoulder having a clearing space allowing a wheel introduced by one side of the hub to be pivoted to an opposite side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Camoplast Inc.Inventor: David Gingras
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Patent number: 7237329Abstract: A multi-wheel assembly includes an outer wheel having an outer wheel assembly for an outer tire. The outer wheel assembly includes an outer wheel rim, a removable front bead seat band such that the outer tire may be removed from the outer wheel rim. A removable rear bead seat band is also provided. The multi-wheel assembly also includes an inner wheel having an inner wheel assembly including an inner wheel rim and a removable front bead seat band which is radially expandable and able to pass over the outer wheel rim. The dimensions of the outer wheel rim are such that the inner tube is able to pass over the outer wheel rim. A radially expandable bead seat band is also disclosed. A method of removing a tire is disclosed as well as a method of modifying a wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Inventors: Christopher Ralph Burston, Sean Anthony Burston
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Patent number: 6641224Abstract: A high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly includes a pair of full face wheels (20, 20) each defining an axis and including a wheel rim and a full face wheel disc. The rim includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a generally axially extending well, and an outboard tire bead seat surface. The disc (42) includes a centrally located wheel mounting flange and an outer annular portion which defines an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange of the vehicle wheel and is located wholly outside a plane defined by the inboard tire bead seat retaining flange. The inboard tire bead seat (38) is provided with a radially in-turned flange having a generally radially inwardly sloping surface, a generally radially extending surface, and an axially extending surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Heck, William J. Fysh, Gary Arnold
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Patent number: 6588861Abstract: Novel wheel assemblies for use in track drive systems in a tracked vehicle, in support of improving uniformity of pressure distribution across the width of the track, between the track and the underlying ground surface, where track installed on the vehicle is wider than the wheel bodies which are supplied as original equipment with the tracked vehicle. Such improved uniformity of pressure is achieved by adding, to the wheels of such tracked vehicle, auxiliary wheel bodies which extend the widths of the wheels to widths more reflective of the width of the track being used in such vehicle. In cases where different track widths are sequentially employed on a given vehicle, auxiliary wheel assemblies of respective different widths can be sequentially mounted, removed, and the like to reflect the widths of the tracks being employed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Eric Brian Smith, Craig Edward Rehmert
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Patent number: 6568764Abstract: A dual wheel assembly is formed by an inner wheel (10) and an outer wheel (30) coaxially mounted on a common hub (11). The inner wheel (10) has an inner tire (13) mounted on an inner wheel rim (12). The outer wheel (30) has an outer tire (13A) mounted on an outer wheel rim (32). The wheels (13, 13A) are of the same size, but the diameter of the outer wheel rim (32) is smaller than the inner wheel rim (12), to permit the inner tire (13) to pass over the outer wheel rim (32), thereby enabling the inner tire (13) to be removed without first removing the outer wheel rim (32). Removable bead seats (37, 40) are provided between the outer wheel rim (32) and its tire (13A). These bead seats are thicker than the corresponding bead seat(s) on the inner wheel (10) to compensate for the reduced diameter of the outer wheel rim.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: James McNeil and Ruby McNeilInventors: James McNeil, Stuart McNeil, Clinton John Harding
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Patent number: 6390564Abstract: A pneumatic tire wheel assembly 4 for tracked vehicles 1 has a unique rim assembly 8 for dual wheel mounting. The rim assembly has a pair of annular rims 6 connected by a plurality of laterally extending spokes 10,20 or 30. The spokes 10,20 or 30 enable mud and debris to pass preventing the accumulation of debris, mud, or snow between the wheel and the track.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Richard Alan Thomas