101 |
Shaft-driven motor vehicle |
US755935 |
1985-07-16 |
US4646865A |
1987-03-03 |
Masahiro Imaizumi; Hiroshi Akai; Takafumi Irie; Takashi Inagaki |
A three- or four-wheeled motor vehicle such as a buggy includes a rear fork composed of first and second rear fork members having front ends pivotally mounted on a frame and rear ends supporting rear wheels, respectively, an axle housing having first and second axial ends, the first axial end being joined to the rear end of the first rear fork member, a rear axle rotatably supported in the axle housing, a gear case coupled between the rear end of the second rear fork member and the second axial end of the axle housing and accommodating a gear mechanism for driving the rear axle, and at least one cross member extending between and joined to the first and second rear fork members. The rear end of the first rear fork member has a first joining surface having at least one attachment hole defined therein and directed transversely of the frame. The first end of the axle housing has a second joining surface having at least one attachment hole defined therein and facing the first joining surface. At least one of the attachment holes in the first and second joining surfaces is elongate. The first rear fork member and the axle housing are joined by fasteners through the attachment holes. |
102 |
Multiple-use shaft for toy |
US534027 |
1983-09-19 |
US4565539A |
1986-01-21 |
John S. Cook |
A toy vehicle utilizing a multiple-use shaft which is cylindrical and has a series of longitudinal grooves parallel to the longitudinal axis, each groove having a shape to mate with both gear teeth and keys. The groove edges are radiused to eliminate gouging of bearing surfaces in which the shaft is journaled. Internally splined gears are slidably mounted on the shaft with their splines fitted in driving relation to the multiple-use shaft. |
103 |
Axle drive assembly |
US106138 |
1979-12-21 |
US4351407A |
1982-09-28 |
Enos P. Call |
A full-floating axle drive assembly for propelling a vehicle includes a shaft having a splined end to which a splined drive member is axially and non-rotatably secured. The drive member is secured to the splined end of the shaft between the bottom of the shaft splines and a forged flange end. In a preferred embodiment, the shaft extends through an axle tube on which a wheel hub is fully supported by bearings. The drive member is secured to the wheel hub which is rotated thereby about the axle tube. |
104 |
Remote controlled hub clutch |
US56483 |
1979-07-11 |
US4293061A |
1981-10-06 |
Arthur K. Brown |
A remotely controlled hub clutch assembly includes an axle member and a wheel hub member rotatably mounted on a vehicle housing member. A pair of relatively movable coupling portions provide an engageable and disengageable driving connection between the axle member and the wheel hub member. A mechanical or hydraulic actuation device connected to one of the coupling members moves the coupling members into coupling engagement in response to operator actuation of a control device located in the vehicle operator's compartment. Interconnecting structure operatively connects the actuation device to the control device. The interconnecting structure extends through the end of the axle, wheel hub or housing member near which that member is mounted and remote from the outboard end of the hub assembly. The hub clutch can be engaged or disengaged while the vehicle is at rest. |
105 |
Tire and continuous track system |
US899210 |
1978-04-24 |
UST980006I4 |
1979-03-06 |
Richard E. Livesay |
a track assembly has a continuous track and a tire is provided in contact with the track. A plurality of protrusions extends from one of the track and tire, and openings extend into the other of the track and tire. These protrusions and openings are mateable one within the other. The mating elements can be a multiplicity of configurations.Rotation of the tire by a power source progressively engages protrusions and openings, and the track is driven, as might be employed as drive mechanism for a track-type vehicle. The tire, for example, can be a pneumatic tire, preferably a tire of the beadless type.The flexible properties of the tire eliminates the need for a fixed distance between the track and drive axle and increases the contact area between the tire and track driving elements. Further, noise is reduced in the track system and the tire can provide an air suspension for the vehicle. |
106 |
Convertible mode of movement for vehicle wheel |
US3520377D |
1969-08-25 |
US3520377A |
1970-07-14 |
WALLACE RICARDO F |
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107 |
Wheel and axle mounting for agricultural machines |
US60057845 |
1945-06-20 |
US2498173A |
1950-02-21 |
GEORGES MONSEL |
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108 |
Emergency hub adapter |
US67732546 |
1946-06-17 |
US2453635A |
1948-11-09 |
MARTIN JR FRANK B |
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109 |
Press-wheel boxing for grain drills |
US8784726 |
1926-02-12 |
US1624022A |
1927-04-12 |
STRECKER ANDREW M |
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110 |
Tractor |
US26244218 |
1918-11-14 |
US1415356A |
1922-05-09 |
JOSEPH JANDASEK |
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111 |
WHEELSET SHAFT FOR RAIL VEHICLES |
US14892894 |
2014-05-08 |
US20160107482A1 |
2016-04-21 |
Peter KOSCHUTNIG; Jürgen LEHNER; Marcus Anton WIMMER |
A wheelset shaft for rail vehicles, wherein in order to be able to read a wheelset identification number with the wheelset shaft in any position, and to do so quickly, correctly and automatically, at least one RFID Tag is attached to the wheelset shaft. |
112 |
Wheel Bearing Assembly |
US13764851 |
2013-02-12 |
US20140225419A1 |
2014-08-14 |
Charles Bonten |
A wheel bearing assembly has a wheel bearing with an inner race and outer race for fitting into a hub of a wheel. Bearings are seated between the inner race and the outer race. The inner race has an extension that axially extends inboard beyond the outer race. A spacer sleeve has a cup shaped end for snugly nesting the extnesion of the inner race. The cup shaped end has an inner radial wall for abutting an end wall of the inner race. The spacer sleeve also has an outer cylindrical wall forming a side wall of the cup shaped end and has an outer diameter sized for being snugly received into the hub of the wheel. |
113 |
WHEEL BUILT-IN LOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US13834222 |
2013-03-15 |
US20130313890A1 |
2013-11-28 |
Roch Nolet; Marc Talbot Pouliot |
A wheel for mounting to an axle of a wheeled product, the wheel comprising an axle receiving bore extending from a front wall to a rear wall of the wheel; the axle receiving bore comprising at least one finger integral with the wheel and extending towards the front wall of the wheel, the finger comprising a detent facing inwardly into the axle receiving bore, the finger being adapted to be flexed from an insertion position to a locking position and from a locking position into an unlocking position, the finger being flexed outwards in the insertion position as the axle is inserted within the axle receiving bore, and the finger being flexed inwards to insert the detent into a notch of the axle once the axle is inserted in the axle receiving bore in the locking position; and the finger being flexed outwards thereby disengaging the detent from the notch in the unlocking position. |
114 |
Wheel Assembly with Reversible Adaptor |
US13080135 |
2011-04-05 |
US20120256474A1 |
2012-10-11 |
Gopal K. Gorle; Keith Kabrick |
An adaptor for a wheel assembly is disclosed. The adaptor has a reversible design for convenient reconfiguration of the wheel assembly without additional hardware. In one general non-limiting embodiment, the adaptor may include an inner ring and an outer ring fixedly connected to the inner ring. The inner and outer rings may be concentric around an axis. The inner and outer rings may be offset from each other. Methods of using the adaptor to change wheel configurations to accommodate different tire sizes are also disclosed. |
115 |
WEIGHT REDUCTION RE-PROFILING PROCESS AFTER DYNAMIC BALANCE FOR WHEEL SET OF PASSENGER TRAIN |
US13310381 |
2011-12-02 |
US20120073412A1 |
2012-03-29 |
XIAOYAN LIU |
A weight reduction re-profiling process after dynamic balance for a wheel set of a passenger train, comprising the following steps: designing a spindle end clamp and a tailstock end clamp according to structures of screw holes on an end of train axle; fixing the spindle end clamp to the train axle; hanging up the wheel set, aligning a center hole of the spindle end clamp with a top tip of a spindle end of a lathe, and inserting a handle portion of the spindle end clamp into a drive plate hole; aligning an eccentric hole of the tailstock end clamp with a scribed line on an end for weight reduction after dynamic balance by visual inspection, then sheathing the tailstock end clamp on the train axle, aligning a top tip of tailstock of the lathe with the eccentric hole of the tailstock end clamp, and tightening them; and so on. |
116 |
Car |
US11454051 |
2006-06-14 |
US20070035109A1 |
2007-02-15 |
Shunji Yamanaka; Takayuki Furuta; Masaharu Shimizu; Hideaki Yamato; Yu Okumura; Tetsuo Tawara; Masaki Shimomura; Ken Endo |
A car includes a car body having a bottom portion, a wheel that is rotatable, and a supporting member for supporting the wheel, the supporting member being provided to the bottom portion. At least eight pairs of the wheel and the supporting member are provided. The supporting member has a first supporting portion for supporting the wheel rotatably, a second supporting portion for supporting the first supporting portion so that a direction of the wheel supported by the first supporting portion can be changed, and a turning portion that is rotatable about a rotation axis with its axial direction along a direction orthogonal to the bottom portion, the turning portion being provided to the bottom portion. The turning portion supports the second supporting portion so that a distance between the wheel and the bottom portion can be changed, and a position of the wheel can be moved by a rotation of the turning portion in a state that the distance is maintained. |
117 |
Integrated bi-modal wheel assembly |
US10439707 |
2003-05-16 |
US07077065B2 |
2006-07-18 |
Richard B. Tremblay; James D. Larkin |
This invention relates generally to vehicular transportation for humans and freight by roadway and railway. More specifically, this invention relates to a unique combination of a novel roadway wheel and pneumatic tire assembly, incorporating a known automatic inflate-deflate system and a novel lightweight railway wheel; both wheels then coupled and concentrically assembled on a common axle with special provisions for the known automatic inflation and deflation of the pneumatic roadway tire. |
118 |
Integrated bi-modal wheel assembly |
US10439707 |
2003-05-16 |
US20040237831A1 |
2004-12-02 |
Richard
B.
Tremblay; James
D.
Larkin |
This invention relates generally to vehicular transportation for humans and freight by roadway and railway. More specifically, this invention relates to a unique combination of a novel roadway wheel and pneumatic tire assembly, incorporating a known automatic inflate-deflate system and a novel lightweight railway wheel; both wheels then coupled and concentrically assembled on a common axle with special provisions for the known automatic inflation and deflation of the pneumatic roadway tire. |
119 |
Uni-directional lockout for railroad car wheelset differential |
US09582897 |
2000-10-02 |
US06623057B1 |
2003-09-23 |
Thomas W. Blasingame; Robert E. Hord |
A railroad car wheelset has an axle with one wheel (14A) rigidly attached. This wheel is permitted to rotate by means of journal bearings either on the extreme ends of the axle or inboard of each wheel location. At the other wheel, the axle has smooth surface and a self-lubricating bearing (54) is provided as a part of a hub on the axle. The hub is integral with the axle or press fit thereon. The axle has a boss for preventing the independently rotating wheel from migrating laterally out of proper alignment. A self-lubricating thrust bearing (32) is located between this boss and the side of the wheel to eliminate any possible galling between the two moving surfaces. |
120 |
Drive wheel roller |
US10177103 |
2002-06-21 |
US06578931B1 |
2003-06-17 |
Martin L. Anderson |
A drive wheel roller disengages a drive wheel on a device from the drive axle connected directly to a motor, such that the drive wheel can spin freely to move the device when the motor is not on. The axle has an aperture which aligns with an aperture on the hub of the drive wheel. When the pin is in place the drive axle and the wheel turn in unison. When the pin is removed the wheel can spin freely on a bearing located between the wheel and the axle. A screw cap locks the wheel on the axle. |