Wheel, driving wheel, and wheelchair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11878552-B2
Application number	US-201917270216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2019
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a wheel (6a) in which a disk (62) includes a first rib (62a) extending in a radial direction, and protruding out on one side in a direction of a central axis a1. A hub (61) of the wheel (6a) includes a first blade portion (61d1) extending in the radial direction. At least one of a pair of side surfaces of the first rib (62a) is inclined relative to a plane including the central axis a1 of the disk (62), and the first blade portion (61d1) is fixed to the inclined side surface on one side of the central axis a1.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wheel comprising:
a ring-shaped rim on which a tire is fitted, a hub which is disposed in a central part of the rim, and to which an axle is coupled, and a disk having a circular shape and disposed on an inner circumferential side of the rim, wherein
the disk includes a protrusion extending in a radial direction of the disk, and protruding out to one side in a central axis direction of the disk,
the hub includes a cylindrical part into which the axle is inserted, and a blade part which extends in the radial direction from an outer circumference of the cylindrical part,
at least one of a pair of side surfaces of the protrusion is inclined relative to a plane including the central axis of the disk, and
the blade part is fixed to the inclined side surface on one side of the central axis of the disk.

2. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein
the one of the pair of side surfaces of the protrusion is inclined on one side relative to the plane including the central axis of the disk,
the other of the pair of side surfaces is inclined on the other side relative to the plane,
the hub includes a plurality of the blade parts,
a pair of the blade parts adjacent to each other among the plurality of the blade parts forms a fixed part,
one of the pair of the blade parts is fixed to the one of the pair of side surfaces, and
the other of the pair of the blade parts is fixed to the other of the pair of side surfaces.

3. The wheel according to claim 2 , wherein
the disk includes a plurality of the protrusions including a first protrusion and a second protrusion,
the hub includes a plurality of the fixed parts including a first fixed part and a second fixed part,
a pair of the blade parts which forms the second fixed part is located at a position shifted from the other pair of the blade parts which forms the first fixed part to one side of an outer circumference of the cylindrical part in a circumferential direction of the disk,
the first fixed part is fixed to the first protrusion,
the second fixed part is fixed to the second protrusion, and
the blade part on one side in the circumferential direction in the blade parts which form the first fixed part and the blade part on the other side in the circumferential direction in the blade parts which form the second fixed part are integrated in at least a part of an inner circumferential side in the radial direction.

4. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein
the disk includes a plurality of the protrusions including a first protrusion and a second protrusion,
a tip portion of the second protrusion is located outside a tip portion of the first protrusion in the radial direction,
the hub includes a plurality of the blade parts including a first blade part and a second blade part,
the first blade part is fixed to the first protrusion, and
the second blade part is longer than the first blade part, and is fixed to the second protrusion.

5. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein
a width of the blade part increases toward the inner circumferential side in the radial direction.

6. A driving wheel comprising the wheel according to claim 1 , and a tire fitted on the wheel.

7. A wheelchair comprising a cage including a seating seat, a vehicle body frame extending forward from the cage, a steering handle provided to the vehicle body frame, a front wheel attached to a front end portion of the vehicle body frame, and a pair of rear wheels attached to right and left sides of the cage, wherein
each of the rear wheels is a driving wheel according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawahara Yoshihiro
• MUROZONO Tomoki
• Toguchi Yasuhiro
• SHIBUTANI Nobuyuki

Classifications

• B60B3/087 Primary

  Discs having several mutual contact regions · CPC title

• A61G5/1054 Primary

  Large wheels, e.g. higher than the seat portion · CPC title

• B60B3/04

  with a single disc body not integral with rim {, i.e. disc body and rim being manufactured independently and then permanently attached to each other in a second step, e.g. by welding} · CPC title

• B60B3/12

  Means of reinforcing disc bodies · CPC title

• B60B2200/22

  Chairs · CPC title