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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789178 | Wheel support device A wheel support device (200) includes a spring (302, 304) fitted to an in-wheel motor (70) and damping the vibration of a motor-driven wheel (100) and the in-wheel motor (70) by extending and retracting, a knuckle (180) atta... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7703858 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system comprises a wheel rim, a pneumatic tire and a noise damper disposed in the tire cavity and made from a spongy material whose total volume is in a range of from 0.4 to 20% of a volume of the tire cavity. The maximum thickness of the dampe... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7552786 | In-wheel motor system A rotating side case supporting the rotor of an in-wheel motor and a wheel or a hub are interconnected by a flexible coupling which comprises a motor-side plate and a wheel-side plate having a plurality of grooves and a plurality of grooves formed on their opposed s... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7410222 | Tire-wheel assembly A tire-wheel assembly having a wheel with a rim and a pneumatic tire mounted on the rim, the pneumatic tire having a cavity inside for charging air. The pneumatic tire has a cavity's resonant frequency Fc arising from the cavity, and the wheel has a plurality of nat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390067 | Apparatus and methods for wheel balancing via rotor drive keys Apparatus and methods to balance a wheel which rotates around an axle. The wheel has a rim having an outer surface and an opposite interior surface positioned circumferentially around the axle. A plurality of rotor drive keys are mounted at the interior surface of t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7306065 | Fixing method of in-wheel motor and in-wheel motor system A non-rotary case to which the motor stator of an inwheel motor is fixed is connected to a knuckle which is a part around the wheel of a vehicle by a first elastic member, a rotary case to which the rotor of the motor is fixed and rotatably connected to the non-rota... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7287611 | In-wheel motor system An in-wheel motor system, wherein the rotating side case 3b of an in-wheel motor 3 is connected to a wheel 2 by a flexible coupling 10 comprising a plurality of hollow disk-like plates 11A to 11C and direct-acting gui... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270382 | Wheel with increased interior lip depth Disclosed are various embodiments of one-piece, and multi-piece wheels configured to provide increased interior lip depth. In one embodiment, an outer periphery of a curved center portion of a wheel is attached to a wheel barrel in an inboard region, and a portion o... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7152643 | Rim wheel, and tire-rim assembly A purpose of the present invention is to provide a rim wheel and a tire rim assembly which are capable of effectively reducing cavity resonance of a tire, and accordingly, enhancing quietness and riding comfort. A plurality of cap members 20 is arranged on an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7111909 | Drum and wheel centering sleeve, kit and method A drum and wheel-centering sleeve disclosed for vehicle drum and wheels having apertures of uniform diameter is a set of three that are threaded on three circumferentially spaced hub bolts on which a wheel drum is mounted to center the wheel drum. The sleeve has a h... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100654 | Safety support for a vehicle wheel and safety system and vehicle wheel including the safety support A safety support for mounting on a rim of a vehicle wheel within a tire includes a substantially toroidal hollow annular body and a filling of elastically deformable expanded material. The annular body includes a convex radially outer surface, two axially opposite s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097259 | Wheel structure and wheel mounting method A wheel structure wherein a hub includes both a hub body and a rubber support member which closes an opening of the hub body. A right bearing disposed on the hub body side and a left bearing disposed on the rubber support member side are rotatably mounted on an axle... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7051845 | Heat shield assembly for aircraft wheel and brake assembly A heat shield assembly for a wheel and brake assembly includes one or more torque bars that include a coupling device which cooperates with a portion of a heat shield (and more particularly heat shield sections) at a location axially outwardly remote from the inboar... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043991 | Damper for a gauge sensor in a dry etch chamber A damper for protecting a gauge sensor measuring the pressure of a dry etch chamber. The damper includes a vacuum tube for connecting the gauge with the chamber and at least one plate for blocking the plasma of the chamber from directly striking against the sensor. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040714 | Composite wheel and method for manufacturing the same A composite wheel and a method of manufacture is provided for a vehicle wherein the composite wheel has a first and second section mounted to an annular mount. At least one of the first wheel section and second wheel section is composed of a resin having at least on... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029242 | Hermetic compressor with one-quarter wavelength tuner A compressor including a housing defining an interior plenum; a refrigerant received within the interior plenum and having a resonant wavelength; a motor disposed within the housing; a compression mechanism disposed within the housing and operably connected to the m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013940 | Device for attenuating cavity noise in a tire and wheel A device for attenuating noise generated in a rolling tire and wheel assembly includes strips arranged as a circumferential ring in the tire/wheel cavity. The strips are spaced circumferentially to provide a profile of ridges and gaps in the ring. The rings may be p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6935024 | Method of manufacturing rims for motor vehicles A process of manufacturing a rim for a motor vehicle from an original pipe, in order to facilitate formation of projections for reducing road noise on the rim, comprises a projection forming step of partially extruding a ledge portion of an intermediate pipe for the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913124 | Vibration inhibiting structure for rotor A rotor such as a brake disk for a vehicle has a spring holder that circumferentially extends around an axis of the disk. A coil spring extends around the axis along the spring holder. The spring is loaded onto the spring holder by its own resilience. The spring has... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6880597 | Noise damper for pneumatic tire A tire noise damper to be disposed in an annular tire hollow formed between a wheel rim an a pneumatic tire mounted thereon, the damper made of a flexible material and comprising a base to be secured to the wheel rim and at least one flap extending from the base to ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6755483 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system includes a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity of from 0.005 to 0.06 and secured on a surface facing ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6726289 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire when mounted as being surrounded by the tire and rim, the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722478 | Assembly for vehicle brake disk An assembled vehicle brake disk has a basically rotationally symmetrical friction ring which is fastened by way of several linking points in a rigid or floating manner to a basically rotationally symmetrical hub part. At least two distances between respectively adja... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715842 | Vehicle wheel with a rim carrying sound-absorbing fiber material A vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim having an outside carrying airborne noise-absorbing fiber material in the form of a carrier layer having fibers projecting radially outwardly of an outside of the rim. The rim has an interior tire bead contact area which is space... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6648421 | Wheel structure A wheel structure for vehicles, capable of reducing a columnar resonance sound occurring in a wheel during a travel of a vehicle. A cross-sectional shape of a closed space defined by a wheel and a tire is varied in the circumferential direction so that a ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6565158 | Automotive road wheel and attaching structure of the same An automotive road wheel is disclosed, comprising: a disk portion fixed to an axle portion of a vehicle by a fastener; and a vibration isolation mechanism provided in a place where the disk portion is fixed by the fastener. In addition, an attaching struc... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6550868 | Damper plate for automobile wheel A damper plate for an automobile wheel by which ride comfort and interior noise characteristics are improved without seriously deteriorating driving stability or unfastening nuts. The damper plate has a structure in which a metal plate and a buffer member... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6533009 | Noise damper for pneumatic tire A tire noise damper to be disposed in an annular tire cavity formed between a wheel rim and a pneumatic tire mounted thereon. The damper comprises an annular band-like body which is made of an elastomeric material and provided with at least one generally ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6450225 | Noise damper for pneumatic tire A tire noise damper to be disposed in an annular tire hollow formed between a wheel rim and a pneumatic tire mounted thereon, the damper made of a flexible material and comprising a base to be secured to the wheel rim and at least one flap extending from ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447072 | Oil-bath wheel hub An oil-bath wheel spindle and hub assembly including a heat dissipating oil seal cap with a transparent window for observing the lubricant level and thermal conductive vanes forming a heat sink to transfer heat away from the wheel spindle and hub assembly... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6422655 | Tire inside noise absorber A sound absorber for insertion into a pneumatic tire is composed of a support strip attached to the rim of the wheel on which the tire is mounted and a system or network of flexible fibers attached to the mounting strip and extending in the radial directi... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6390563 | Sound reducing wheel rim A wheel rim (1) with a circumferential surface (4) has a tire that can be mounted thereon. A sound-absorbing material (6) rests on the wheel rim (1) and is arranged underneath a surface-forming structure (8) extends transversely over the entire width of t... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6364078 | Wheel damping A wheel assembly for a vehicle. The wheel assembly includes a brake assembly which defines the outer radius of an annular region about the axis of the wheel assembly and a damping mass assembly for damping vertical vibrations of the wheel assembly, locate... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6343843 | Pneumatic tire and wheel rim A pneumatic tire, a wheel rim, and an assembly of a pneumatic tire and a wheel rim, which are provided with lawn-like materials for damping air resonance of the tire cavity are disclosed. An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a wheel rim where a foaming age... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6309026 | Method and arrangement for sound-suppression in wheels A method and a device for sound suppression, in wheels, of natural frequency sound originating from an air cavity which is inside the wheel between the tire and the rim, which includes at least one resonator arranged inside the wheel. The resonator is des... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6299264 | Heat shielded mid-roller Endless rubber track laying machines are provided with a pair of track laying assemblies positioned on opposite sides of the work machine. Each track laying assembly includes an endless rubber belt entrained around a drive wheel, an idler wheel, and a plu... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6247562 | Disk for a disk brake A disk for a disk brake which achieves an unusual vibration-damping capability and consequently a more comfortable ride comprises a braking ring and a bell having respective flanges clamped together with nut-and-bolt assemblies, as well as a plate clamped... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6106075 | Road wheel with improved vibration characteristics and method of constructing and utilizing same An automotive road wheel with improved vibration characteristics comprises a wheel body, and at least one pocket defined in the wheel body for altering a resonant frequency of vibrations of the wheel body. The wheel body is preferably formed of aluminum o... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6076896 | Wheel hub or hub unit allowing improved mounting and removal of a brake member There is disclosed a wheel hub or hub unit of the type having a radial hub flange (13) providing connection to the wheel (40) and to a brake member (10) having an annular disc portion having a plurality of ears (11) radially protruding from its inner edge... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076288 | Method and apparatus for burying cable in a railway bed A rubber tired railway plow (100) has a plow unit (102) mounted to a plate (111) which extends across the forward end of the rubber tired vehicle (100). The plow unit (102) is attached so as to be movable on the plate (111). Wedges (122, 123) are used to ... | 06/20/2000 |
