Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Celestial body running vehicle wheel
- Patent Title (中): 天体运行车轮
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Application No.: US12921005Application Date: 2009-03-09
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Publication No.: US08640752B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Yoshihide Kouno
- Applicant: Yoshihide Kouno
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
- Current Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-058437 20080307; JP2008-147279 20080604
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/054435 WO 20090309
- International Announcement: WO2009/110633 WO 20090911
- Main IPC: B60B9/04
- IPC: B60B9/04 ; B60B9/06 ; B60C7/18

Abstract:
A wheel for a celestial running vehicle which enables the celestial running vehicle to sufficiently exhibit its desired running performance by maintaining a sufficient ground contact length, as well as reducing the wheel maximum width and the number of the sliding portions. The celestial body vehicle wheel (1) is mounted on a celestial body running vehicle and includes, a hub body (2) rotatable about a rotation axis, a grounding member (3) arranged radially outside of the hub body (2) and rotatable about the rotation axis while contacting a celestial body surface, and a load bearing device (4) arranged between the hub body (2) and the grounding member (3) for bearing radial load, the load bearing device (4) including, a plurality of first support members (5) arranged circumferentially to extend radially outward from the hub body (2) and terminate short of the grounding member (3), a plurality of second bearing members (6) arranged circumferentially to extend radially inward from the grounding member (3) and terminate short of the hub body (2), and elastic members (7) for connecting the first support members (5) and the second support members (6) to each other, wherein, under the radial load, the elastic members (7) are elastically deformed, and the first support members (5) and the second support members (6) are relatively displaced in directions approaching each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110025118A1 CELESTIAL BODY RUNNING VEHICLE WHEEL Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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