Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, and a connecting member. The outer cylinder and the connecting member elastically deformable, and the thickness of the thickest part of the outer cylinder is thicker than the thickness of the thickest part of the connecting member. When the outer cylinder is pushed by a protrusion and deformed toward the inside in a tire radial direction, at least a part of the connecting member, which is positioned between the protrusion and the inner cylinder, and other connecting members adjacent to the connecting member in the tire circumferential direction abut each other. When the non-pneumatic tire is mounted on a vehicle and travels on a flat contact plane, a gap is secured between the connecting member positioned between the ground plane and the inner cylinder and other connecting members adjacent to the connecting member in the tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: A seal damper assembly includes a seal housing, a sliding seal, and a damping member. The seal housing is disposed on a case assembly that is disposed about an engine component. The seal housing has a base and a wall that axially extends from the base. The base and the wall define a cavity. The sliding seal is received within the cavity. The damping member is received within the cavity and is disposed between the wall and the sliding seal.

Abstract: The present invention is applicable to the technical field of wheels. Provided are a wheel (100) and a vehicle comprising the same. The wheel (100) comprises a wheel hub (10) and a wheel housing (20 , said wheel hub (10) being mounted on a wheel axle, and a tire being mounted outside said wheel housing (20). Said wheel (100) further comprises a plurality of spring strips (40), each of said spring strips (40) comprising a loop (41), each of said loops (41) comprising a top end and a bottom end; the top end of said loop (41) is connected to the outer wall of said wheel hub (10), and the bottom end of said loop (41) is connected to the inner wall (21) of said wheel housing (20); each of said spring strips (40) comprises at least two free ends (42) that are cross-linked with each other, a first slot (411) is provided on one of said at least two free ends (42), and a portion of the other free end is set as a narrow strip which is inserted into said first slot (411).

Abstract: In a non-pneumatic tire (1), a plurality of connecting members (13) that connects a mounting body (11) and an annular body (12) are provided along a tire-circumferential direction. The annular body is split into a plurality of split bodies (12a) along the tire-circumferential direction. A resilient member (16) that is extended along the tire-circumferential direction and connects the plurality of split bodies in the tire-circumferential direction is provided in the annular body. This non-pneumatic tire (1) secures satisfactory ride quality, maneuverability and durability by suppressing increase in weight, hardness and rolling resistance, ensures uniform contact-pressure distribution, and prevents the occurrence of a puncture.

Abstract: An interlocking, compressible spoke wheel system having a ring of paired spokes. The locking of left and right spokes into pairs provides improved tire displacement under loads. The left and right half wheels formed by sets of left spokes and right spokes. enable a novel mounting system for the wheel rim or tire to attach to the spoke system.

Abstract: A plurality of connection members 13 connecting an installation disk 11 to a ring-shaped body 12 are formed, in a side view of the non-pneumatic tire, to be axisymmetrical about an imaginary line connecting the respective first ends 21a and 22a of first connection plates 21 and second connection plates 22 to an axial line O and extending in a tire-radial direction. The connection members 13 are arranged in a tire-circumferential direction such that the first connection plates 21 are arranged at a first tire-widthwise position in the tire-circumferential direction and that the second connection plates 22 are arranged at a second tire-widthwise position in the tire-circumferential direction. According to the invention, it is possible to suppress an increase in the weight, hardness, and rolling resistance to secure satisfactory ride qualities and handling qualities, and it is possible to prevent a blowout from occurring.

Abstract: A system for adjusting the compliance of a wheel is provided. In one embodiment, wheel segments are adjusted, causing the stiffness of the wheel to change. Such adjustments can be made while the wheel is rotating, allowing the wheel compliance to be changed while a vehicle is in motion.

Abstract: A wheel including an annular hub and a plurality of curved spokes extending radially outward from the hub. Each spoke has an inner base adjacent the hub and an outer tip opposite the base. The wheel further includes an annular rim concentric with the hub and connected to the spokes adjacent their tips.

Abstract: A lightweight wheel is constructed of titanium or a composite material such as carbon fibre reinforced nylon material. The wheel has a central hub and a circular rim which are interconnected by sprig elements such as may be formed by a looped spring band having a number of radial loops extending between the hub and rim. A tyre strip may be mounted around an outer circumferential face of the rim.

Abstract: A resilient wheel structure having a rim and a hub interconnected by spokes, wherein the rim is sufficiently stiff to distribute a load to all of the spokes, and wherein the wheel is able to absorb loads in both the radial and axial directions. The rim comprises an inner and outer rim portion supported by ribs, that are located co-radially with curved spokes that allow tension and compression. The wheel structure being optimally used on a mobile robot.

Abstract: A shock-absorbing safety wheel includes a rim, a hub at the center of the rim and connected by a plurality of spring plates and radial support, and a solid tire slidably mounted on the outer periphery of the rim and secured by a pair of rim shields. It is characterized that the spring plates provide shock-absorbing function to the wheel and the tire is made of solid rubber which will not become flat, which eliminates the need to carry a spare wheel.

Abstract: A wheel assembly is disclosed having a circular rim that lies in and defines a plane of rotation, a pair of opposed hubs spaced outwardly from the plane of rotation along an axis of rotation of the wheel, the axis of rotation bisecting the plane of rotation at the center of a circle defined by the rim within the plane, and a plurality of spring members arranged in laterally-opposed sets, each of which spring members radiates in an outwardly expanding, generally conical and helical manner from a point of attachment on the rim to a point of attachment on one of the hubs, thereby imparting to the wheel the ability to withstand improved vertical and/or horizontal displacements while providing advantageous self-centering and recentering abilities when the wheel rim is displaced from the rotative plane or from its normally centered relation to the axis of rotation.