Part Of Wheel Body Under Tension, Part Under Compression Patents (Class 301/54)
  • Publication number: 20100072807
    Abstract: An internal wheel suspension and shock absorbing system includes a hub with radially extending spokes, cooperating with springs axially mounted thereon, abutting a hub and entering the rim of a wheel. The spokes secure onto a hub that mounts onto the vehicle axle, for rotation. When a force is encountered, the forces are absorbed by the spokes, the springs, and the slots as the hub has limited translation within the rim. The springs are adjustable and bias against the head of the spokes and the hub, and absorb the impact of vector forces generated from any impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Dave L. Wichem
  • Publication number: 20090152937
    Abstract: An internal wheel suspension and shock absorbing system, including a hub with radially extending rods or blades, cooperating with sector braces, fixedly mounted by hubs to the interior of the rim for a wheel. The rods and blades secure onto a hub, that mounts onto the vehicle axle, for rotation. When a force is encountered, the forces are absorbed by the blades that extend either through or cooperate with the braces and biasing springs, which are adjustable, that bias against the outer radial edges of the blades or telescoping rods, and absorb the vector forces generated from any impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: David L. Wichern
  • Patent number: 5651589
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel having a hub and a rim joined by a plurality of spokes supporting the rim on the hub, the rim having a center section and inner and outer flanges, with a spoke receiving section in the rim joining the rim center section and outer flange, the spoke receiving section being of a thickness greater than the center section, with a plurality of radially positioned spoke receiving passages in the spoke receiving section. The spoke receiving passages comprise a first set of passages alternating with a second set of passages, with the passages of the first set slanting inward toward the center of the rim and with the passages of the second set slanting outward toward the outer flange of the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Ultra Wheel Co.
    Inventor: Robert A. Bradley
  • Patent number: 5452945
    Abstract: The wheel includes an annular rim, a central hub and a plurality of spoke portions running between the rim and hub, with each spoke having a width to thickness ratio of at least 2:1, with the spoke portions having an inside portion in fixed relationship to the hub and an outside portion in fixed relationship to the rim with the spoke portions extending radially outwardly between the hub and rim. A circular member is provided affixed to at least one of the inside and outside spoke portions defining an enclosed, continuous hollow annulus and including fasteners within the hollow annulus for affixing said spoke portions to said circular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventor: Raphael Schlanger
  • Patent number: 4793659
    Abstract: A wheel of synthetic material and method of making same for vehicles, such as a steering wheel for motor vehicles, such as a wheel for bicycles and the like and, for example for other applications including single-track vehicles. The wheel includes a rim, a plurality of spokes, and a hub, and is made in one piece by injection molding at the hub. Between each two adjacent spokes, the rim has a wall element which extends in the circumferential direction of the rim, extends from the connection location of each spoke on the rim to the middle of the rim portion between two spokes, and is rheologically designed as a preliminary flow cross-sectional area such that preliminary flows of the synthetic material enter the wall element from both spokes and flow more quickly from the two spoke connection locations to the middle of the rim portion than the two circumferential flows of synthetic material which advance in the remaining rim walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignees: Werner Oleff, ASV Stubbe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Oleff, Fritz G. Pape
  • Patent number: 4385785
    Abstract: A cast metal automobile wheel with front and rear ends, an outer annular rim portion, a radially extending intermediate disc portion, a forwardly projecting central cone portion and annular series of circumferentially spaced circumferentially and radially extending wire spokes extending from the cone and disc portions to the rim portion; the spokes have radial inner ends releasably engaged in related radially outwardly disposed openings in the cone and disc portions and have spoke nuts on their radial outer ends releasably held between the rim portion and a clamp ring screw fastened to said rim portion; the rim portion and clamp ring have flat opposing annular surface; each of said annular opposing surfaces has circumferentially spaced radially extending nut seats opposing and closed by the other of said surfaces and in which related spoke nuts are engaged and captively retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: Curtis Norris
    Inventors: Curtis Norris, Delmer D. Scott
  • Patent number: 4180293
    Abstract: A two-piece automobile wheel including an annular outer rim with front and rear ends, a cast metal center with an annular radially outwardly opening outer channel portion engaged within and closed by the rim, an intermediate portion extending radially inwardly and axially rearwardly from the outer portion and a central disc-portion; said disc portion has an annular series of circumferentially spaced stud openings and an elongate forwardly projecting tubular cone radially inward of the openings; an annular channel ring is fixed to the disc portion radially outward of the openings; the forward end of the cone has an annular series of apertures accommodating the inner end portions of an annular series of radially outwardly, axially rearwardly and circumferentially inclined front spokes; the ring has an annular series of apertures accommodating the inner end portions of an annular series of radially outwardly, axially forwardly and circumferentially inclined rear spokes; said channel portion has an annular series
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: Curtis Norris
    Inventors: Curtis Norris, Delmer D. Scott