| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 301111010 | Device for attaching wheel to axle | 24 |
| 20080231107 | Vehicle Wheel - There is described a vehicle wheel for use in the recovery of vehicles, the wheel having a central opening and one or more apertures disposed around the central opening for attachment of the wheel to a vehicle axle, wherein the apertures take the form of slots, the slots having a length and being oriented to extend radially from the wheel axis. There is also described a kit comprising a plurality of such wheels, a method of recovering a vehicle using such wheels and a process of manufacturing such a wheel. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080258540 | SWIVEL YOKE FOR SUPERMARKET MOBILE MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT - A swivel yoke assembly is used for supermarket mobile material handling equipment. The yoke assembly includes a yoke, a bearing and a cage. The yoke can be made from low grade steel. The swivel bearing can withstand heavy cart loads and has an outer race and a split inner race. The races cover a large part of the balls, so as to provide support. Also, the balls are tightly packed into the bearing leaving little total space between the balls, again to provide support for the load. The outer race is clamped to the yoke by the cage. The cage is secured to the yoke by staking, wherein tabs are inserted into slots in the yoke and the tabs are formed with double shoulders. A cover is provided to protect the bearing from the environment. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090295219 | Structure of a foldable front wheel of a golf cart - A front wheel of a golf cart includes a supporting component, a round rotating member, and a joining shaft coupling the rotating member to the supporting component; the supporting component includes a holding part, which has an outer stopping protrusion, a polygonal portion, and a round portion adjoining the polygonal portion; the shaft includes a shank partly held in the holding part; a spring biases the shaft to such a position that the shaft is prevented from rotating by the polygonal portion; a fixing component is secured around other end of the shank, and contains the stopping protrusion; the fixing component has a polygonal hollow portion to fit closely around the polygonal portion to prevent the shaft from rotating; the round rotating member can be turned together with the shaft to fold the front wheel after the polygonal hollow portion is relocated around the round portion. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120153710 | Wheel Assemblies - An assembly for attaching a first and second wheel adjacent an object suitable for rolling movement, according to particular embodiments, comprises: (1) an axle defining a first end and a second end defining at least one recess, (2) a clip comprising a first clip portion defining an elongated channel, a second clip portion defining an opening, and a biasing mechanism that is adapted for biasing the first clip portion toward a first position. The first end of the axle is adapted for supporting the first wheel when the assembly is attached adjacent the object. The clip is adapted to facilitate maintaining the second wheel in a substantially fixed lateral position by positioning the second wheel adjacent the object and sliding the clip adjacent the axle's second end so that a portion of the clip defining the elongated channel engages the portion of the axle defining the recess. | 06-21-2012 |
| 301112000 | Outer-end stop | 4 |
| 20110084545 | Wheel device for carrier - A wheel device for a carrier comprises a wheel, a shaft, a clipping fastener and a cover. The shaft passes through the wheel and has a channel at one end. The clipping fastener has a plurality of radical curved claws inwardly extending from an outer portion thereof and the claws are engaged into the channel to pivotally secure the wheel around the shaft. The cover has a connecting structure such as a snap-fit or a screw at an inner surface thereof for engaging with the clipping fastener. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20120007416 | Wheel Mounting Sleeve - A sleeve for a fastener aperture in a vehicle wheel includes a tubular body having a first end and a plurality of external conically shaped barbs. The barbs include successively increasing outer diameters as a distance from the first end increases. A head radially outwardly extends from a second end of the body and is adapted to engage a land on the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture. A bore extends through the body and the head and is adapted to receive a wheel fastener. | 01-12-2012 |
| 301120000 | Sliding means | 2 |
| 20100013294 | Lug nut for golf trolley wheel - A lug nut for a golf trolley wheel has a base panel, an engaging element and a spring. The base panel has a mounting hole and a chamber respectively formed transversely and radially through the base panel and communicating with each other. The engaging element is movably mounted in the base panel and has a circular hole and an engaging hole formed through the engaging element, communicating with each other and selectively aligning with the mounting hole. The spring presses the engaging element to an engaging position, wherein the engaging hole aligns with the mounting hole to mount a trolley wheel and is compressed to remove the wheel. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100133895 | Three section wheel/rim invention embodiment of inner center/spindle, bearing/race system, outer section and a locking/coupling/pinning method to each inner and outer sections - The invention provides motorist a lock-unlock wheel that rotates independently around its center hub, which remains mounted to the axle of a subject vehicle. The rim allows vehicles to be towed without vehicle axle rotation, while eliminating odometer reading due to towing. The invention comprises an inner hub spindle that is able to be unlocked from the outer wheel's rim, allowing for independent rotation of the inner spindle. And, when unlocked via a bolting system, the invention's outer rim section rotates while also eliminating effects of a vehicle drive and brake system while the vehicle is in tow. | 06-03-2010 |
| 301121000 | Movable latch detent | 3 |
| 20130313890 | WHEEL BUILT-IN LOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - 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. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140035352 | QUICK RELEASE SKATEBOARD WHEEL - The apparatus and system described is directed to securing a wheel to an axel without the use of separate tools or devices. The present invention allows for securing the wheel to the axel through the use of a specialized locking mechanism and wheel bearing. When mated, these two elements allow for a wheel that does not require user access to a central hub in order to replace the wheel. Thus, the apparatus and device provide for wheel geometries that take advantage of lack of a hub. For example, the present invention allows for wheel designs that enable a wider range of performance characteristics than offered by prior art devices. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20160136998 | WHEEL ASSEMBLIES - A hub assembly includes a retainer housing, a retaining member, a biasing element, and an occlusion. The retainer housing includes a wheel mounting sleeve and a pin sleeve. The wheel mounting sleeve includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle. The pin sleeve has a first end and a second end. The pin sleeve includes a conduit between the first end and the second end. The first end is in fluid communication with the axle bore. The retaining member and the biasing element are in the conduit. The retaining member is configured to engage a groove in an axle. The biasing element is configured to bias the retaining member towards the axle bore. The occlusion is proximate to the second end of the pin sleeve. The occlusion is configured to inhibit the retaining member from exiting the conduit at least prior to coupling the hub assembly to a wheel. | 05-19-2016 |
| 301111020 | Including splines | 1 |
| 20090039700 | SOLID REAR AXLE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A solid axle for the driving wheels of an automotive vehicle has axle tubes through which axle shafts extend. Each tube at its outboard end is fitted with a wheel end, including a housing that is secured firmly to the tube, a hub having a drive flange located beyond the housing and a spindle that projects into the housing, and an antifriction bearing located between the housing and the hub spindle. Each axle shaft at its outboard end has a drive spindle that emerges from shoulder. The drive spindle projects through the hub at the end of its axle shaft and beyond the hub is deformed outwardly over a surface of the hub in the provision of a formed end, so that the hub is captured between the shoulder and the formed end, thus unifying the axle shaft and wheel end. | 02-12-2009 |
| 301111030 | For attaching hub to axle | 7 |
| 20090096278 | WHEEL HUB/UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY WITH END TEETH - The invention relates to a wheel hub/universal joint assembly with an axis of rotation A. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20110260526 | QUICK CHANGE TRAILER AXLE HUB - An axle-and-hub assembly for a trailer which includes an axle with opposing ends, first and second connecting devices respectively positioned at the opposing ends of the axle, and first and second hub arrangements which are removably secured to the first and second connecting devices. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130200685 | WHEEL AND HUB ASSEMBLIES REMOVABLE WITHOUT TOOLS - A hub or wheel assembly includes a retaining element, biasing element, and hand-maneuverable release mechanism. The housing includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle and a pin sleeve including a first end in fluid communication with the axle bore, a second end, and a conduit between the first end and the second end. The retaining element is within the conduit and is configured to operatively engage a groove in an axle. The biasing element is within the conduit and is configured to bias the retaining element towards the axle bore. The hand-maneuverable release mechanism is configured to displace the retaining element away from the axle bore. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130229048 | BICYCLE HUB AXLE ADAPTER - A bicycle hub axle adapter basically includes a hub axle adapter main body and at least one retaining member. The hub axle adapter main body is configured to be inserted into a bicycle hub having a hollow hub axle. The at least one retaining member is disposed on an external surface of the hub axle adapter main body for contacting an internal surface of the hollow hub axle. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140054954 | Coupling Arrangement and Coupling Element - A coupling arrangement having a rotational axis, about which the coupling arrangement can rotate, having: a first coupling element with an axially-extending flat-side spur toothing system having radially extending first teeth, a second coupling element with an axially-extending flat-side corresponding toothing system which engages axially into the spur toothing system and has radially-extending second teeth, and at least one means for bracing the first coupling element axially with the second coupling element, which coupling elements are fixedly connected fixedly to one another to rotate together about the rotational axis via the toothing systems to transmit torque. The teeth of at least one of the toothing systems have tooth tip lines that are curved convexly in the axial direction away from a tooth root. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140175863 | ATTACHMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPOSITE WHEELS - The present invention provides an attachment arrangement for use in attaching at least one composite wheel to a mount using an elongate fastener element and a fastening nut which can be fastened on the elongate fastener element. The attachment arrangement is used with a composite wheel that includes at least one attachment aperture through which the elongate fastener element is inserted. The attachment arrangement includes a fastening washer having a fastening aperture through which the elongate fastener element can be inserted when in use. The fastening aperture includes a radially central fastening axis. The fastening washer also has a base configured to face a surface of the composite wheel about the attachment aperture. In addition, the fastening washer has a fastening side facing substantially axially outwardly from the attachment aperture. The fastening side includes at least one engagement surface configured to operatively engage a complementary portion of the fastening nut when the fastening nut is assembled on the elongate fastener element. The fastening arrangement also includes a sleeve which extends axially relative to the fastening axis outwardly from the base about the fastening aperture. The sleeve is configured to extend into the attachment aperture of the composite wheel. The sleeve also includes a distal end configured to be received in a complementary shaped sleeve aperture located in the mount or in an element located adjacent the mount. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140197679 | Controlled Lubricant Volume Seal Housing - A mechanical drive seal housing includes a lubricant reservoir to supplement the amount of available lubricant. The lubricant is used to cool a seal having two halves. The seal halves include complimentary textures configured to move and retain lubricant. A drive axle includes a stationary shaft and a wheel hub rotatably connected to the stationary shaft. A metal face seal is located at an interface between the stationary shaft and the wheel hub. A stationary seal half of the metal face seal is located in a mechanical drive seal housing which includes a lubricant reservoir to supplement the amount of available lubricant. | 07-17-2014 |
| 301111040 | Adaptor for mounting wheel to axle | 2 |
| 20100148570 | Wheel Hub, System and Method for rut Reduction in Self Propelled Irrigation Systems - A self propelled irrigation system has a drive tower on which a drive wheel is mounted to a rotating member of a drive mechanism with an axis of the wheel obliquely angled relative to a drive axis of the rotating member such that the wheel is tilted out of a plane normal to the drive axis. A hub has its oppositely facing sides arranged to support the wheel in such an orientation, and may therefore be mounted between the drive mechanism and wheel of a conventional irrigation system in which the wheel and drive axes were previously coincident. The tilt of the wheel causes an intentional wobble under rotation of the hub so that the wheel's point of engagement with the ground wanders back and forth during repeated passage of the drive tower over a particular path, thereby reducing a rut forming or deepening tendency of the irrigation system. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20120091785 | Wheel insert for aluminum-alloy wheels - The present invention is directed to a wheel insert used with aluminum-alloy vehicle wheels. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a milled, wheel, insert used to modify the original lug bolt pattern of a vehicle wheel to adapt the vehicle wheel for use with almost any vehicle regardless of the number or spacing of lug bolts located on the vehicle's hub. | 04-19-2012 |
| 301111050 | Vehicle housing with means to receive wheel or axle | 1 |
| 20120326489 | SPINDLE ASSEMBLY FOR SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE - A spindle assembly includes a main housing, a spindle mounted for rotation within the housing, a wheel hub attached to the spindle, a coupling located adjacent to an inner end of the spindle, and a disconnect shaft located within a bore of the coupling. The disconnect shaft is moveable in an axial direction between an engaged position in which a splined portion of the disconnect shaft mates with splined portions of both the spindle and the coupling to prevent the spindle from rotating independently of the coupling, and a disengaged position that allows the spindle to free-wheel relative to the coupling. A sprocket or gear is connected to an inner end of the coupling to connect the spindle assembly to a drive motor. An actuator is connected to an inner end of the disconnect shaft to move the shaft between its engaged and disengaged positions. | 12-27-2012 |
| 301111060 | Vehicle leg or extension to receive axle | 2 |
| 20080272645 | THRU-AXLE SYSTEM FOR WHEEL SECUREMENT - The invention relates to a thru-axle system for wheel securement in which the thru-axle head is held by means of a conical seat in the corresponding dropout of a frame or fork. The thru-axle system for wheel securement comprises an axle ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20110049967 | Quick release structure for front wheel of baby stroller - A quick release structure for front wheels of baby strollers includes an upper mount disposed on one leg support thereof. A fixing pin is arranged on the upper mount for inserting into a locking hole on the leg support. Moreover, a lower mount assembled with a wheel is set on the bottom of the upper mount. A connection rod at the top of the lower mount is inserted into the upper mount. A fixing groove for locking with the fixing pin is formed around the side wall close to the top of the connection rod. A positioning slot is provided on the bottom of the upper mount for mounting a L-shaped positioning rod pivoted on the lower mount. Thus the stroller can keep moving forward without changes in directions by pressing the positioning rod to be locked into the positioning slot for the purposes of easy assembling, storage and transportation. | 03-03-2011 |
