B60B21/02

Wheel and airless tire assembly
11440351 · 2022-09-13 ·

An airless tire includes an inner wheel including flanges having fin fastening holes, an outer wheel receiving the inner wheel and including a tread part molded into the outer surface of a drum with at least one of through holes and irregularities to be united with the drum, with the inner periphery of the tread part embedded in the through holes or irregularities, a middle wheel including elastomers, a peripheral part having fin fastening holes and formed on the inner periphery of the elastomers, and ribs in the middle of the elastomers, a fixing device attaching the inside of the outer wheel to the outside of the middle wheel and then detachably uniting the middle wheel and the outer wheel, and coupling fins that allow the inner wheel and the middle wheel to be detachably held together by being inserted through the fin fastening holes and the fin fastening holes.

Disk Wheel for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Producing a Disk Wheel of This Type
20220288969 · 2022-09-15 ·

A disk wheel for a motor vehicle, in particular a single-track motor vehicle, includes: a wheel hub for mounting the disk wheel on the motor vehicle, which wheel hub is concentric to an axis of rotation of the disk wheel; a wheel rim, which is likewise concentric thereto; and a first and a second wheel disk. The first wheel disk and the second wheel disk each extend from the wheel rim toward the wheel hub, are mutually spaced on the wheel hub in a transverse direction which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the disk wheel, and run toward each other as they approach the wheel hub. The disk wheel also has at least two reinforcement ribs, which extend from the first wheel disk to the second wheel disk and interconnect the first wheel disk and the second wheel disk. The reinforcement ribs are distributed evenly around the axis of rotation of the disk wheel.

Aluminum wheels and methods of manufacture
11420249 · 2022-08-23 · ·

Aluminum wheels include a rim and a disc having a mounting portion. The mounting portion includes an inner mounting face and an outer mounting face. The mounting portion also includes a coarse grain region and a fine grain region. The coarse grain region can be adjacent, and at least partially form, one of the inner mounting face or the outer mounting face. The coarse grain region includes aluminum alloy grains of a first average grain length that is greater than 1 mm. The fine grain region extends between the coarse grain region and the other of the inner mounting face or the outer mounting face. The fine grain region includes aluminum alloy grains of a second average grain length that is less than 0.5 mm.

Wheel assembly including tread assemblies and related methods
11458759 · 2022-10-04 · ·

A wheel assembly to be coupled to a hub of a vehicle may include an inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle and an outer rim surrounding the inner rim. The wheel assembly may include gas springs operatively coupled between the inner rim and the outer rim and tread assemblies carried by the outer rim.

Wheel assembly including tread assemblies and related methods
11458759 · 2022-10-04 · ·

A wheel assembly to be coupled to a hub of a vehicle may include an inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle and an outer rim surrounding the inner rim. The wheel assembly may include gas springs operatively coupled between the inner rim and the outer rim and tread assemblies carried by the outer rim.

Wheel assembly including relative movement sensor and related methods
11458760 · 2022-10-04 · ·

A wheel assembly may include an inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle, and an outer rim surrounding the inner rim. Gas springs may be operatively coupled between the inner rim and the outer rim and permitting relative movement therebetween. The wheel assembly may also include a sensor configured to sense the relative movement between the inner and outer rims.

Wheel assembly including relative movement sensor and related methods
11458760 · 2022-10-04 · ·

A wheel assembly may include an inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle, and an outer rim surrounding the inner rim. Gas springs may be operatively coupled between the inner rim and the outer rim and permitting relative movement therebetween. The wheel assembly may also include a sensor configured to sense the relative movement between the inner and outer rims.

Vehicle wheel

A vehicle wheel includes a pair of vertical walls that extend vertically up from an outer circumferential surface of a well portion and extend in a wheel circumferential direction and a Helmholtz resonator that is disposed between the pair of vertical walls and bonded to side surfaces of the pair of vertical walls with an adhesive, in which the Helmholtz resonator is not bonded to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion.

Bicycle rims and method of manufacture thereof

A method of manufacturing a rim includes placing at least one braided sleeve on a core dimensioned to define a shape of an internal wall of the rim. The method includes inserting the braided sleeves placed on the core, inside a mold that is dimensioned to define a shape of an external wall shape of the rim. The method further includes injecting a resin inside the mold to contact the mold and impregnate the sleeves and other layers with resin. The method also includes curing the resin to form the internal and external walls of the rim and obtain a cured rim having the core connected thereto. The method further includes removing the cured rim and core from the mold and melting the core to get it out of the rim.

VEHICLE WHEEL

A rim portion of a vehicle wheel has an outer flange portion. In a region of the outer flange portion, a space portion between spoke portions is disposed on a radial-direction inner side, a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface are provided. The first inclined surface is provided on an axial-direction outer side of an outer flange outer circumferential portion. The second inclined surface is on an axial-direction outer side of an outer flange inner circumferential portion. The first inclined surface is formed to incline from the axial-direction outer side toward an axial-direction inner side as the first inclined surface extends from a radial-direction outer side end toward the radial-direction inner side. The second inclined surface is a surface formed to incline from the axial-direction inner side toward the axial-direction outer side as the second inclined surface extends from the radial-direction outer side toward the radial-direction inner side.