B60B35/025

Leaning-type vehicle

A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left wheel, a right wheel, left and right bearings, left and right axle, left arm, right arm, and lean mechanism. The left arm supports the left wheel from inside in a vehicle width direction. The right arm supports the right wheel from inside in the vehicle width direction. The lean mechanism causes the left wheel and the right wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the left wheel. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the right wheel.

Portable tote cart
10501104 · 2019-12-10 ·

This invention is for an improved combination chaise lounge and tote cart and especially to an chaise lounge and tote cart which can be folded to a storage position and can be quickly converted between a tote cart and a chaise lounge.

DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF HUB
20190322131 · 2019-10-24 ·

A device for controlling the temperature of a hub includes a hub bearing mounted at a central hole of the hub, an axle mounted in the central hole through the hub bearing, an end cover mounted on a wheel disc outside the hub bearing, a temperature sensor, a water return passage, a motor, a turbine, a water storage tank, a water outlet passage, a wind driven generator, a rectifier, a battery, a controller and other components, wherein the water storage tank is arranged inside the axle and connected to the water outlet passage and the water return passage, the water passages are arranged inside the axle and connected to fluid, the turbine is arranged at the bottom of the water storage tank, and the turbine is driven by the motor at the bottom of the water storage tank.

MOTOR VEHICLE AXLE

An axle for a vehicle, wherein the axle includes a transverse axle portion having a longitudinal end. The axle including a first axle portion connecting the transverse portion to a chassis of the vehicle and a second axle portion connecting the transverse portion to a wheel carrier for supporting a vehicle wheel. A vibration damper is arranged in a receiver in one of the axle portions.

WHEEL END ASSEMBLY AND SPINDLE CONFIGURED THEREFOR
20190299711 · 2019-10-03 · ·

A spindle for a wheel end assembly includes a first end of the spindle receiving the wheel of a vehicle on a first side of in the wheel end assembly, and a second end of the spindle defining a flange and receiving the axle of a vehicle is disclosed. The flange includes a socket joint that receives the axle on the second side of the wheel end assembly. Mounting members extend distally from the second side a first distance to secure the spindle to the wheel end assembly via the flange. The socket joint of the spindle extends from the second side of the wheel end assembly a second distance from the second side. The second distance is greater than the first distance. A third distance represents degree of overlap of the axle by a ratio with respect to the outer diameter of the axle ranging from 8% to 20%.

BEARING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE WHEEL
20190299710 · 2019-10-03 ·

A bearing device 1 for a vehicle wheel, wherein an annular weir part 20 is provided on the outer periphery of an outer-side end part of an outer member 2, the annular weir part 20 having the rotation axis L of an inner member 3 as a center, the weir part 20 having a shape that is asymmetrical between the upper side Us and the lower side Ls of the outer member 2, and the weir part 20 being inclined farther toward the inner side the more a weir wall surface 20a faces outward in the radial direction in a part or all of the upper side Us. Also, the weir part 20 is inclined farther toward the outer side the more the weir wall surface 20a faces outward in the radial direction in a part or all of the lower side Ls.

AXLE SADDLE

According to various embodiments, disclosed is an axle saddle system for an axle having an undercut between the outboard and inboard bearing lands of the axle. According to various embodiments, the axle saddle system comprises a saddle configured to fill the axle undercut in order to protect the axle from damage by the installation of a wheel onto the axle.

Rail vehicle axle

Provided is a rail vehicle axle having an excellent fatigue limit and notch factor. A rail vehicle axle according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.35%, Si: 0.20 to 0.65%, Mn: 0.40 to 1.20%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cu: 0 to 0.30%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, Cr: 0 to 0.30%, Mo: 0 to 0.08%, Al: 0 to 0.100%, N: 0.0200% or less, V: 0 to 0.060%, and Ti: 0 to 0.020%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formulae (1) and (2):
0.58C+Si/8+Mn/5+Cu/10+Cr/4+V0.67(1)
Si+0.9Cr0.50(2) where, each element symbol in Formulae (1) and (2) is substituted by the content (mass %) of a corresponding element.

Gauge Wheel and Closing Wheel Retainer
20240165995 · 2024-05-23 ·

A wheel retainer that retains a wheel on a wheel mount and prevents the wheel from being fully separated from the wheel mount in the event of a failure of a wheel bearing. In some embodiments, a wheel retainer includes a sleeve, and a retaining member coupled to the sleeve. The retaining member has a retaining diameter sized such that when a wheel bearing fails, a wheel mounted on the wheel bearing is retained at least partially on the sleeve by the retaining member.

AXLES, SUCH AS FOR BICYCLES
20190233047 · 2019-08-01 · ·

A suspension for a two-wheeled vehicle includes first and second fork legs. Each fork leg includes a dropout. Each dropout has an opening therethrough. At least a portion of one of the openings is threaded. Each of the dropouts includes a split-damp pinch bearing defining the opening and operable between an open position and a locked position, and a hand operable actuator pivoted to the bearing for operation thereof. The suspension further includes a one-piece axle. The axle is disposed through the openings. The axle has a threaded first end engaged with the threaded portion. The axle has an ergonomic grip formed at a second end. The bearing tightly engages an outer surface of the axle in the locked position, thereby rotationally coupling the axle to the dropout.