61 |
WHEELS FOR NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES |
US15170065 |
2016-06-01 |
US20170050466A1 |
2017-02-23 |
John C. McKay |
A wheel for a non-motorized vehicle (e.g., a shopping cart) can include a housing assembly and a tread assembly. The housing assembly can be configured to sealingly house electronics or other components. The tread assembly can removably mate with the housing assembly such that the electronics or other components remain closed and/or sealed within the housing assembly when the tread assembly is mated or unmated with the housing assembly. |
62 |
Wheel and tire assembly |
US13654691 |
2012-10-18 |
US09283810B2 |
2016-03-15 |
Thomas J. Korus; Michael Fredenburg |
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel and an airless flexible tire with certain performance characteristics of a pneumatic tire. The rigid wheel includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements removably attached to a radially outer margin of the central portion. The tire is mounted on the wheel and engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space. The tire is configured such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure, thereby minimizing ground penetration and soil disruption. The tire may include one or more tension elements embedded in the tire to increase the tire's strength and resilience. |
63 |
Method for coating aluminum wheel, and aluminum wheel |
US13979205 |
2012-01-12 |
US09259963B2 |
2016-02-16 |
Junya Uemura; Toru Shimizu; Koji Murakami; Tatsuya Oguri; Masafumi Maeda |
The present invention provides a method for coating an aluminum wheel using a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a superior cosmetic property as well as an anticorrosive property much enough for preventing corrosion even in the use in an area where the coating film is susceptible to salt damage, and an aluminum wheel obtained by the method. A method for coating an aluminum wheel including applying an anticorrosive coating composition onto the aluminum wheel, and thereafter applying a clear coating composition to form a transparent multilayer coating film, wherein the anticorrosive coating composition contains an acrylic resin (1) having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 140,000, a glass transition point of 20 to 50° C., a hydroxyl value of 10 to 50 mgKOH/g, and an acid value of 10 to 40 mgKOH/g, and an epoxy resin (2) having an epoxy equivalent of 210 to 1,000 g/eq and contains the epoxy resin (2) in an amount of 5 to 20 parts by weight on the solid matter basis to 100 parts by weight of the solid matter of the acrylic resin (1). |
64 |
SELF-LOCKING DEVICE AND LOCKING AND UNLOCKING DEVICE THEREOF |
US13978495 |
2012-01-04 |
US20140286730A1 |
2014-09-25 |
Lixin Zhou |
A self-locking device having continuous locking positions comprises bases (21, 31), self-locking components (22, 32), first locking blocks (23, 33, 33′) and second locking blocks (23a, 33a, 33a′). Inner walls of the bases (21, 31) comprise first frictional contact surfaces (21W, 31W) and fourth frictional contact surfaces (21M, 31M). The self-locking components (22, 32) have second frictional contact surfaces (22M, 32M) and third frictional contact surfaces (22W, 32W), and are at least partially located in the bases (21, 31), so that the second frictional contact surfaces (22M, 32M) face the first frictional contact surfaces (21W, 31W), and the third frictional contact surfaces (22W, 32W) face the fourth frictional contact surfaces (21M, 31M). The first locking blocks (23, 33, 33′) are disposed between the first frictional contact surfaces (21W, 31W) and the second frictional contact surfaces (22M, 32M), and contact the first frictional contact surfaces (21W, 31W) and the second frictional contact surfaces (22M, 32M). The second locking blocks (23a, 33a, 33a′) are disposed between the third frictional contact surfaces (22W, 32W) and the fourth frictional contact surfaces (21M, 31M), and contact the third frictional contact surfaces (22W, 32W) and the fourth frictional contact surfaces (21M, 31M). The first locking blocks (23, 33, 33′) and the second locking blocks (23a, 33a, 33a′) are in such a structure that the self-locking components (22, 32) are capable of moving along a first direction (F1) relative to the self-locking bases (21, 31) under the effect of an external force, and are locked in a second direction (F2) opposite to the first direction (F1). In this way, the self-locking components (22, 32) can be locked at any one of the continuous locking positions. Also disclosed is a tool (7A-7C) for locking and unlocking the self-locking device. The self-locking device is capable of implementing fast locking and unlocking, which is convenient to use. |
65 |
Shear compliant hexagonal meso-structures having high shear strength and high shear strain |
US13077611 |
2011-03-31 |
US08609220B2 |
2013-12-17 |
Joshua D. Summers; Georges M. Fadel; Jaehyung Ju; John Ziegert |
A shear layer for a shear band that is used in a tire is provided that has multiple cells or units having an auxetic configuration and that are constructed from aluminum or titanium alloys. The cells may have an angle of −10°. |
66 |
WHEEL ROLLING BEARING UNIT |
US13979280 |
2012-01-17 |
US20130292996A1 |
2013-11-07 |
Tatsuya Yokota; Tsuyoshi Okumura; Nobuyuki Seo |
A wheel rolling bearing unit has a hub spindle having flange and shaft-shaped sections, an inner-ring raceway surface on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft-shaped section; an outer ring member disposed around the outer periphery of the shaft-shaped section, an outer-ring raceway surface on the inner peripheral surface thereof; and rolling elements between the inner-ring raceway and outer-ring raceway surfaces. The flange section is on one side of the spindle in a rotation axis direction thereof; on the flange surface, a cylindrical spigot joint section protruding on one side is coaxial with the spindle; the boundary section of the flange surface and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot joint section has an arc-shaped boundary surface to connect smoothly toward the flange surface. The surface roughness of the boundary surface is finer than that of the flange surface and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot joint section. |
67 |
ELECTROMAGNETISM-TORQUE FRICTION-BALANCING TRUCKLE FOR MOBILE MEDICAL DEVICES |
US13338454 |
2011-12-28 |
US20120161675A1 |
2012-06-28 |
Wei jiang Ding; Lihui Jiang |
A truckle for a mobile medical device is provided. The truckle includes at least one electromagnetism torque balancing motor mounted on the truckle and configured to balance out friction generated by the truckle. |
68 |
SHEAR COMPLIANT HEXAGONAL MESO-STRUCTURES HAVING HIGH SHEAR STRENGTH AND HIGH SHEAR STRAIN |
US13077611 |
2011-03-31 |
US20110250383A1 |
2011-10-13 |
Joshua D. SUMMERS; Georges M. Fadel; Jaehyung Ju; John Ziegert |
A shear layer for a shear band that is used in a tire is provided that has multiple cells or units having an auxetic configuration and that are constructed from aluminum or titanium alloys. The cells may have an angle of −10°. |
69 |
Automotive vehicle tire and mounting system therefor |
US758188 |
1985-07-23 |
US4658876A |
1987-04-21 |
Pierre J. Augier |
A pneumatic tire and a mounting system therefor, having constructional features designed to provide optimized operational characteristics. The tire has a low aspect ratio .lambda. and a low height ratio .theta. conforming substantially to the relations .lambda.=0.236/.theta. and 0.32<.theta.<0.39. The mounting system includes a vehicle axleborne drum and a pair of ring members adapted to be securely fastened to the drum, each ring member defining a bead seat, a bead restraining flange and a sidewall-supporting extension, and the ring members being adhered to the tire at the beads and the lower sidewalls. A layer of a suitable sealant at the juncture between each ring member and the drum renders the joints airtight. The tire includes a single ply radial carcass the turn-ups of which terminate in the lower sidewall regions of the respective adhesion zones between the tire and the ring members, and each of the beads is reinforced by a relatively thin, lightweight metal member in the form of a single loop having no free ends. A novel valving system for the tire, including a passageway in one of the ring members covered at one end by a quantity of a sealant having self-sealing properties, is also provided. This abstract is not to be taken either as a complete exposition or as a limitation of the present invention, however, the full nature and extent of the invention being discernible only by reference to and from the entire disclosure. |
70 |
Tire rim and spoke arrangement to discourage tire theft |
US407126 |
1982-08-11 |
US4426116A |
1984-01-17 |
Paul B. Spivey |
A rim supporting a tire thereon has facing projecting portions along a mounting rim thereon and one of these portions has a recess fitting a raised portion on an outer peripheral face of one of a plurality of spokes on a spoke assembly on which the rim is designed to be removably secured. The other raised portion aids in balancing the tire and rim and prevents shifting of the rim to avoid an interlocking fit of the raised portion on the spoke assembly within the recess on the rim as it is removably secured on the spoke assembly. While this rim can only be received on the specially designed spoke assembly this spoke assembly is adapted to receive rims in common use which do not have the novel facing projecting portions. |
71 |
Demountable pneumatic tire rim assembly |
US527905 |
1974-11-27 |
US3930683A |
1976-01-06 |
Graeme J. MacKeown |
A pneumatic tire and wheel assembly may be disassembled, so that the tire may be removed after deflation, simply by rotating a cylindrical removable outer rim so as to disengage a respective locking lug on the wheel from a corresponding recess on the removable outer rim. There are eight locking lugs spaced 45 degrees apart on the fixed rim of the wheel and corresponding recesses in the removable outer rims so that without removing the fixed wheel rim from the hub of the automobile it is possible simply by rotating and pulling to remove the removable outer rim after first deflating the tire and then it is possible to remove and replace the tire without the use of bead breaking or bead stretching equipment by inflating the tire back to normal pressure thereby locking the removable rim in place. |
72 |
Wheel assembly |
US53066766 |
1966-02-28 |
US3355218A |
1967-11-28 |
FORBUSH LOTHROP M |
|
73 |
Rim and wheel assemblies |
US33108263 |
1963-12-11 |
US3160442A |
1964-12-08 |
WALTHER WILLIAM D; WALTHER DANIEL A |
|
74 |
Wheel |
US19353D |
|
USRE19353E |
1934-10-30 |
|
|
75 |
Expansible wheel |
US27287228 |
1928-04-26 |
US1926211A |
1933-09-12 |
WILLIAM NELSON |
|
76 |
Vehicle wheel |
US28974128 |
1928-07-02 |
US1860015A |
1932-05-24 |
GEORGE CHRISTIA |
|
77 |
Wheel rim |
US28393828 |
1928-06-08 |
US1848284A |
1932-03-08 |
WILMOT FRED W |
|
78 |
Tire locking means |
US40036929 |
1929-10-17 |
US1843348A |
1932-02-02 |
EDWARD STERN |
|
79 |
Demountable felly |
US10591226 |
1926-05-01 |
US1819297A |
1931-08-18 |
LOFLAND ALFRED M |
|
80 |
Rim |
US49204130 |
1930-10-29 |
US1818791A |
1931-08-11 |
CONRAD CLIFFORD V |
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