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| 20080197694 | Ball wheel for an aircraft - In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: a ball wheel; and apparatus to cause the ball wheel to rotate in a selected direction. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110233990 | Radioisotope powered engineless vehicle - A radioisotope powered thermoelectric vehicle lacking an internal combustion engine. The vehicle may include a commercially available, federally-approved encased radioisotope, sensors, an encased metal heat conductor, a heating element embedded within a heat sink, a plurality of thermoelectric chips mounted around the outer surface of the heat sink, a hollow body surrounding the heat sink with a space present between the heat sink and the hollow body, a power converter, an electric power regulation and distribution system, a magnetic reed relay unit, operational and directional controls, radioisotope thermoelectric power generator, and at least one DC motor mounted to a wheel of the vehicle. A portable lead-lined metal, climate-controlled, and airtight lockbox may house the entire power generating unit providing for more than redundant systems protection. The vehicle is capable of running indefinitely under all weather conditions, without “refueling” for decades and without introducing toxic emissions into the environment. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110304195 | IN-HUB BRAKING SYSTEM FOR MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS - An in-hub braking system for a wheelchair comprises a brake shell fixed against rotation movement in relation to a wheelchair frame. A wheelchair drive wheel having a hub supporting a braking system is supported for rotational movement in relation to the brake shell. A lever is operatively connected to the braking system for activating that braking system to cause the braking system to frictionally engage the brake shell. A push rim, which when urged forward, rotates the drive wheel in a forward direction to propel the wheelchair in a forward direction. When urged rearward together with the drive wheel, the push rim rotates with the drive wheel in a rearward direction to propel the wheelchair in a rearward direction. The push rim is operatively connected to the lever so that the push rim, which when urged rearward independent of the drive wheel, operates the lever to activate the braking system to frictionally engage the brake shell. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120019049 | WHEEL CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING A LOCKING DEVICE - A wheel construction including a locking device, characterized in that said wheel construction comprises a box-like body of a substantially prismatic configuration and opened at least at a bottom portion thereof, in said box-like body being snap arranged a fork element cooperating with a lever element for locking a rotary movement of a wheel. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120175940 | SLEEVE NUT - A sleeve nut configured to properly align components of a wheel assembly includes a main body defining a central channel formed therethrough. The main body has first and second ends. The first end is configured to be retained within a through-hole of a brake drum connected to a hub. The second end is configured to be securely positioned between an outer circumference of a shaft of a fastener and a portion of the brake drum that defines the through-hole. The sleeve nut is configured to ensure that the fastener remains properly aligned with respect to the wheel assembly. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120181847 | Floating dock mover - A floating dock mover that utilizes electrically powered devices to aid in relocating a floating dock whenever water levels change in a lake or reservoir. Electrical powered winching mechanisms are used to adjust cables lengths to maintain a position, or aid to obtain a new position of the dock in relation to the shoreline. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120248849 | WHEEL HUB DRIVE UNIT - A wheel hub drive unit for driving a motor vehicle wheel, with the unit including a wheel hub drive that has a bearing element ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120319457 | ROAD SURFACE ADAPTIVE ADJUSTABLE DRIVING WHEEL - A road surface adaptive adjustable driving wheel is provided, which has the same moving speed as a general circular type wheel while adapting to a road surface state in the same manner as the caterpillar type wheel, and automatically spreads wing portions of the wheel when the wheel reaches a rugged place without the necessity of separate wheel adjustment constituent elements such as a road surface detection sensor and a control unit. The road surface adaptive adjustable driving wheel includes a driving shaft that is rotatable by driving of a motor, auxiliary driving shafts rotatably engaged with the driving shaft, and adjustable driving bodies each having a head portion that is directly engaged with the auxiliary driving shaft and a wing portion extending from the head portion. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130033092 | HUB ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEELCHAIR - A hub assembly for a wheelchair has a hub device and a switch device. The hub device has a hub shell, an axle, a ring and a ratchet. The ratchet has a cylinder section. The cylinder section has a recess formed in an outer surface of the cylinder section. The switch device has a pin and a wire. The pin is capable of being selectively inserted into the recess. The wire is securely connected with the pin. Because the pin is inserted into the recess and the ratchet engages the ring, the hub shell along with a wheel cannot be moved unintentionally backward on a ramp. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130193745 | ACTIVE SPEED RESTRICTING WHEEL ASSEMBLY - A speed restricting wheel assembly is provided. The speed restricting wheel assembly includes: a casing of which one side is partially open and forms a circular accommodating hole eccentric from a center; a rotation rotor which is inserted inside the accommodating hole and rotates in an interlocked manner with the casing in a state where it is eccentric from a rotation center of the casing, but which also forms a rotation space inside and a plurality of internal gear teeth dented radially from the rotation space; a sun gear accommodated inside the rotation space, and has a plurality of protruding external gear teeth in contact with the internal gear teeth and an axis member mounted onto a rotation center accommodated inside the rotation hole; and a resistance fluid which is accommodated in a space between the external gear teeth and internal gear teeth. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130334867 | Axle System - An axle system including an external unit having a maximum extent D | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140252844 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL WHEEL THAT CAN BE DRIVEN BY A MOTOR AND VEHICLE PROVIDED THEREWITH - Spherical wheel that can be driven by a motor comprising a first body ( | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140319900 | Axle Hub Assembly - An axle assembly includes an elongated axle body, axle spindles coupled to ends of the axle body, and axle hub assemblies each comprising a hub housing having an interior space that receives one of the spindles therein, the hub housing including a radially extending drum brake mounting flange adapted to have a brake drum assembly mounted thereto, and a disc brake mounting portion separate from the drum mounting flange and adapted to have a disc brake assembly mounted thereto, and a first bearing assembly rotationally supporting the first hub housing from the first axle spindle, whereby the brake drum assembly and the disc brake assembly may alternatively be mounted to the drum brake mounting flange and the disc brake mounting portion of the hub housing, respectively. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150021973 | Wheel Hub Rotary Joint Arrangement - A wheel hub rotary joint assembly with an axis of rotation includes a wheel hub with a wheel flange for connecting a wheel and a sleeve section for receiving a wheel bearing; a constant-velocity rotary joint with an outer joint part, an inner joint part and torque-transmitting elements. The outer joint part has a first spur gearing section with first teeth at its end facing the wheel hub. The sleeve section has a second spur gearing section with second teeth at its end facing the constant-velocity rotary joint. The two spur gearing sections engage with one another for torque transmission. A tensioner for axially tensioning the wheel hub against the outer joint part is axially supported on one side on the wheel hub and on the other side on the outer joint part. At least one of the two spur gearing sections is designed such that, viewed in the radial direction, the first and second teeth initially only come into contact with one another on a small subsurface of the tooth surfaces facing one another during axial tensioning of the arrangement. This subsurface increases in size during further tensioning. The spur gearing sections are designed such that, viewed in the radial direction, the first and second teeth initially come only into contact with one another on the radially inward side during axial tensioning and, as tensioning increases, also come into contact with one another on the radially outward side, for which purpose a substructure of the sleeve section and/or of the outer joint part having the teeth is designed to be more easily deformable in a radially inward region than in a region lying radially further outward. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150321511 | BEARING DEVICE FOR WHEEL - A bearing device includes a bearing having an outer race with double-row outer raceway surfaces formed on its inner periphery, a hub wheel and an inner race having double-row inner raceway surfaces formed on outer peripheries thereof opposed to the outer raceway surfaces, and double-row rolling elements interposed between the outer and inner raceway surfaces. The bearing has a constant velocity universal joint separably coupled thereto with a screw fastening structure, in which a stem section of an outer joint member of the constant velocity universal joint is fitted to an inner diameter portion of the hub wheel, and in which a plurality of convex portions extending in an axial direction are formed on the stem section, and a plurality of concave portions having an interference with respect to only circumferential side wall portions of each of the plurality of convex portions are formed on the hub wheel. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160164381 | DYNAMIC SEALING ENCODER ASSEMBLY - Electric motors are disclosed. The motors are preferably for use in an automated vehicle, although any one or more of a variety of motor uses are suitable. The motors include lift, turntable, and locomotion motors. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160375725 | HUB-BEARING HAVING A LIGHT ALLOY ROTOR-HUB - A hub-bearing assembly provided with a bearing unit and a rotatable rotor-hub. The bearing unit includes a stationary radially outer ring, a couple of rotatable radially inner rings, and a double row of rolling elements, wherein the rolling elements are interposed between the outer ring and the inner rings, whose centers are located along a first circle having a radius, with respect to a symmetry axis of the assembly. The rotor-hub is made of a light alloy. A tubular portion is assembled on top of the radially inner rings. The tubular portion is steadily fixed a flange portion, axially external and includes a plurality of fixing holes. Axes of the fixing holes are located along a second circle defined by a radius respective to the symmetry axis of the assembly. The radius of the first circle (rolling elements) is greater than the radius of the second circle (fixing holes). | 12-29-2016 |
