Wheel, drive wheel, and wheelchair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12016806-B2
Application number	US-201917279370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2019
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a wheel ( 6 a ) in which a disk ( 62 ) includes a ring-shaped rim ( 60 ) on which a tire ( 6 b ) is fitted, and a disk ( 62 ) having a flat circular shape and disposed on an inner circumference of the rim ( 60 ). The disk ( 62 ) includes a first rib ( 62 a ) and a second rib ( 62 b ) which extend in a radial direction of the disk ( 62 ). A width of each of the first rib ( 62 a ) and the second rib ( 62 b ) in a circumferential direction of the disk ( 62 ) increases toward an outer circumferential side of the disk ( 62 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wheel comprising:
a ring-shaped rim on which a tire is fitted, and a disk having a flat circular shape and disposed on an inner circumference of the rim, wherein
the disk comprises a protrusion extending in a radial direction of the disk,
a width of the protrusion in a circumferential direction of the disk increases toward an outer circumferential side of the disk, and
an edge shape of a tip portion of the protrusion on the outer circumferential side in the radial direction is a curved shape which is curved along a circumferential edge of the disk, or a straight line shape which is orthogonal to a straight line passing a center of the disk and extending in the radial direction.

2. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein
the protrusion protrudes out to one side in a central axis direction of the disk, and
in a portion of the disk which corresponds to the protrusion on the other side in the central axis direction, a groove dented toward the one side in the central axis direction of the disk is formed.

3. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of a pair of side surfaces of the protrusion is inclined relative to a plane including a central axis of the disk.

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

5. A wheel comprising:
a ring-shaped rim on which a tire is fitted, and a disk having a flat circular shape and disposed on an inner circumference of the rim, wherein
the disk comprises a protrusion extending in a radial direction of the disk,
a width of the protrusion in a circumferential direction of the disk increases toward an outer circumferential side of the disk,
at least one of a pair of side surfaces of the protrusion is inclined relative to a plane including a central axis of the disk and
an inclination angle of the at least one of the pair of side surfaces of the protrusion relative to the plane increases toward the outer circumferential side of the disk.

6. A wheel comprising:
a ring-shaped rim on which a tire is fitted, and a disk having a flat circular shape and disposed on an inner circumference of the rim, wherein
the disk comprises a plurality of protrusions extending in a radial direction of the disk, and a flat plate provided between two protrusions which are adjacent,
a width of each of the protrusions in a circumferential direction of the disk increases toward an outer circumferential side of the disk,
the flat plate is formed by stacking a plurality of fiber reinforced material sheets including at least a first fiber reinforced material sheet and a second fiber reinforced material sheet,
the first fiber reinforced material sheet includes a first fiber having a fiber direction being a first direction along a straight line passing a center of the first fiber reinforced material sheet and extending from a center of the disk in the radial direction, and
the second fiber reinforced material sheet includes a second fiber having a fiber direction being the first direction, and a third fiber having a fiber direction being a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B60B5/02

  made of synthetic material · CPC title

• B60B3/12

  Means of reinforcing disc bodies · 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

• A61G5/1051

  Arrangements for steering · CPC title

• B60B2360/341

  with fibres · CPC title