181 |
CONTROL DEVICE FOR TREAD CONTACT CONDITIONS OF VEHICLES |
US12312709 |
2007-11-05 |
US20110011688A1 |
2011-01-20 |
Masao Inuzuka |
This invention is a control device to vary the contact conditions of the tread of a vehicle to improve driving functions, such as skid prevention, noise reduction, road surface protection or road marking, by the choice of the appropriate trodden tips in given road conditions. The trodden tips and connected parts are unified to make a unit which is attached or detached with a simple connection such as the insertion at a convenient position, which enables the device to function properly with a lowered safety factor, reducing the size only to avoid damages of the device and around. |
182 |
Two-Piece Compactor Wheel Tip |
US12552145 |
2009-09-01 |
US20090313805A1 |
2009-12-24 |
James D. McPhail; Michael H. Hinrichsen |
A compactor tip assembly for a landfill or soil compactor comprises a base and a tip that are formed from dissimilar materials. The tip may be formed from high carbon steel for wear resistance, while the base may be formed from low carbon steel for easy welding. The compactor tip assembly is attached to the compactor wheel by welding the base to the wheel. The tip and the base each have ground engaging surfaces which may be complementary to one another. A hollow pocket may be formed through the base and in the tip. |
183 |
Automatic traction device |
US12214608 |
2008-07-24 |
US20090188597A1 |
2009-07-30 |
Solyman Kahen; Keyvan T. Diba |
The problem of damage sustained to a traction device and the extendable traction elements thereof due to tire-roadway interaction forces exerted on the traction elements while extended over the tire tread area is solved by resiliently coupling a traction assembly within a tire rim to permit movement and repositioning of the traction assembly relative to the rim and biasing back to the original position. Preferably the traction assembly is mounted to a traction hub through a resilient coupling, and with the traction hub permitted to rotate relative to the rim. Also preferably, the invention provides for full retraction of the curved traction elements. This inventive device delivers increased traction in slippery conditions while protecting the traction device and surrounding mechanics from damage due to the impact of various roadway forces, and the devise is effectively stowed within the rim when not in use. |
184 |
Two-Piece Compactor Wheel Tip |
US11844727 |
2007-08-24 |
US20090045669A1 |
2009-02-19 |
James D. McPhail; Michael H. Hinrichsen |
A compactor tip assembly for a landfill or soil compactor comprises a base and a tip that are formed from dissimilar materials. The tip may be formed from high carbon steel for wear resistance, while the base may be formed from low carbon steel for easy welding. The compactor tip assembly is attached to the compactor wheel by welding the base to the wheel. The tip and the base each have ground engaging surfaces which may be complementary to one another. A hollow pocket may be formed through the base and in the tip. |
185 |
Protective coverings |
US11320082 |
2005-12-28 |
US20070148401A1 |
2007-06-28 |
David McGlade; Alan Harrison |
A protective cover for preventing damage from vehicle tires. The cover can comprise a strip of material adapted to be wrapped around a running surface of a tire, and to cover at least part of the tire side walls. In this case, the ends of the strip can be adapted to overlap and have complementary securing means capable of being secured on any relative position within a range defined by the lengthwise extent of the securing means on at least one end. |
186 |
Mudskipper wheels, tires and vehicles |
US11592533 |
2006-11-03 |
US20070132305A1 |
2007-06-14 |
Donald Scruggs |
A series of paddlewheels and vehicles having specially shaped paddles and with tires around the outside circumference of the paddles, made to run on firm ground, such as roadways, dirt and packed sand and able to move directly into mud, bogs, marshes, snow, loose sand and water without the need to change equipment. |
187 |
Nonskid device, namely for pneumatic-tired wheels of vehicles on ice and snow surfaces |
US09393035 |
1999-09-09 |
US06357500B1 |
2002-03-19 |
Werner Preusker |
For adapting a nonskid device for pneumatic-tired wheels of vehicles on ice and snow surfaces which is held at one end on the wheel of the vehicle and which shows a number of arm-type gripping element supports (50) placed on a supporting element (10), partially overlapping the tire tread, with gripping elements (50a) provided for at their free ends, which show on the outside spikes (51) or chain sections connecting respectively two gripping element supports with each other or chain strings of chain nets bearing on the tire tread (111) in the tire circonferential direction, to different tire sizes, the distance of the fixing point (55) of each gripping element support (50) with its gripping element (50a) on the surface (11) of the plate-shaped or ring-shaped supporting element (10) or of the supporting element showing another conformation or on the ring surface of the ring-shaped supporting element (10) to the tire tread on the supporting element (10) is variable, whereby the fixing point (55) for each gripping element support (50) can be fixed to the tire size after the adjustment has taken place (FIG. 5). |
188 |
Dual-pole personal towing vehicle |
US567459 |
1995-12-05 |
US5735361A |
1998-04-07 |
Kenneth R. Forrest |
A personal traction transportation vehicle which includes two gear-motor-wheels which drive a connected chassis forward. The chassis is stabilized by a third trailing caster wheel. The vehicle is electrically driven by a removable battery pack. At least one and preferably two drag poles simulating ski poles are attached to the chassis through universal joints in a manner allowing the handles of the ski poles to be free to move in the plane normal to the direction of forward movement. The vehicle is steered by either twisting the poles which turn the front two wheels, or by motoring the front drive wheels independently, or by differentially pulling on the drag poles. |
189 |
Surface anti-scuff device and system |
US199782 |
1994-02-22 |
US5439727A |
1995-08-08 |
Brian G. Riggs; Fernardo Ramirez |
A surface anti-scuff device and system is disclosed wherein an anti-scuff member in the form of a strip of material having a high degree of abrasion resistance and a high degree of scuff resistance such as CORDURA.RTM. PLUS is mounted on each tire of a vehicle whereby the tires can move over the surface without scuffing the surface. |
190 |
Apparatus for preventing vehicles from slipping sideways and going out
of control under snow and ice conditions |
US60777 |
1979-07-26 |
US4274656A |
1981-06-23 |
Earney R. Warren |
Apparatus for preventing road vehicles from slipping sideways and going out of control while operating on snow or ice-covered roads comprising a pair of small steel discs mounted on a common shaft journaled on an arm pivoted to an axle of the vehicle and having mechanism for selectively lowering them from a normal raised position into a road-engaging position when snow or ice conditions are encountered. |
191 |
Vehicle wheels |
US61571567 |
1967-02-13 |
US3418960A |
1968-12-31 |
OLIVER NELSON HERBERT |
|
192 |
Auxiliary vehicle wheel |
US10605061 |
1961-04-27 |
US3083063A |
1963-03-26 |
ALFSEN CHRISTIAN A |
|
193 |
Amphibious conversion attachments for automobiles and like vehicles |
US65251457 |
1957-04-12 |
US2979016A |
1961-04-11 |
ROSSI SIDNEY J |
|
194 |
Wheel for marsh vehicle |
US79301259 |
1959-02-13 |
US2946625A |
1960-07-26 |
CRAIN JOHN P; CRAIN ALBERT H |
|
195 |
Antiskid device |
US65513557 |
1957-04-25 |
US2943662A |
1960-07-05 |
RENWICK SR FREDERICK W |
|
196 |
Combined anti-skid and parking device |
US60550856 |
1956-08-22 |
US2893500A |
1959-07-07 |
DEBAUN JOHN E; FRIEDRICH ANDREW E |
|
197 |
Mechanism for removing a self-propelled vehicle from mud, snow and the like |
US64687657 |
1957-03-18 |
US2886119A |
1959-05-12 |
FRANK BOYD |
|
198 |
Drive axle mounted for swinging and rocking motion |
US6593248 |
1948-12-17 |
US2598863A |
1952-06-03 |
TUCKER EMMITT M |
|
199 |
Rim structure for wheels |
US49198143 |
1943-06-23 |
US2395064A |
1946-02-19 |
EDWARD PORTER |
|
200 |
Traction wheel |
US46247942 |
1942-10-19 |
US2361864A |
1944-10-31 |
NELSON NELS H |
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