摘要:
A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel and an airless flexible tire with certain performance characteristics of a pneumatic tire. The rigid wheel includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements removably attached to a radially outer margin of the central portion. The tire is mounted on the wheel and engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space. The tire is configured such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure, thereby minimizing ground penetration and soil disruption. The tire may include one or more tension elements embedded in the tire to increase the tire's strength and resilience.
摘要:
A wheel rolling bearing unit has a hub spindle having flange and shaft-shaped sections, an inner-ring raceway surface on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft-shaped section; an outer ring member disposed around the outer periphery of the shaft-shaped section, an outer-ring raceway surface on the inner peripheral surface thereof; and rolling elements between the inner-ring raceway and outer-ring raceway surfaces. The flange section is on one side of the spindle in a rotation axis direction thereof; on the flange surface, a cylindrical spigot joint section protruding on one side is coaxial with the spindle; the boundary section of the flange surface and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot joint section has an arc-shaped boundary surface to connect smoothly toward the flange surface. The surface roughness of the boundary surface is finer than that of the flange surface and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot joint section.
摘要:
A shear layer for a shear band that is used in a tire is provided that has multiple cells or units having an auxetic configuration and that are constructed from aluminum or titanium alloys. The cells may have an angle of −10°.
摘要:
A receiver hitch-mountable utility cart has a support frame for supporting a payload, a hitch arm rigidly attached to the support frame, the hitch arm shaped to engage a receiver hitch bar of an over-the-road vehicle, a wheelbase assembly with wheels for transporting the cart with the wheels on the ground, and a user-operable translation mechanism connecting the wheelbase to the frame, enabling the frame to be raised and lowered relative to the wheelbase by operation of the translation mechanism, such that the cart, in an uppermost position, may be aligned and connected to the receiver hitch bar of the over-the-road vehicle, and the wheels may then be retracted to carry the cart entirely on the receiver hitch bar.
摘要:
A pneumatic tire and a mounting system therefor, having constructional features designed to provide optimized operational characteristics. The tire has a low aspect ratio .lambda. and a low height ratio .theta. conforming substantially to the relations .lambda.=0.236/.theta. and 0.32