U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Quotables

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

Ken Olsen, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation ; 1977

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Class 305/19 - SINGLE WHEEL TYPE


Subclass of Class 305 - Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
Definition: Apparatus comprising a flexible track mounted about the
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 03/25/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7347240Runflat system
A runflat tire system comprising a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a support ring disposed in a tire cavity is disclosed, wherein the wheel rim comprises a pair of axially spaced bead seats, and a support-ring seat between the bead seats; the support ring has an inn...
03/25/2008
7347511Rotary walker robotic platform
A rotary walking device having multiple sequential ground engaging elongated struts interconnected between pairs of annular drive disks. Each pair of drive disks having multiple pivot attachment points for the respective opposing apertured ends of each strut. Each s...
03/25/2008
7066562Grouser shoe and fabrication method
A grouser shoe for track drives commonly utilized by industrial and commercial equipment (e.g., bulldozers, backhoes, cranes, etc.) including a supportive pad and a ground engaging bar, the ends of such bar being bent to form wings, and method of manufacture thereof...
06/27/2006
7036894Tandem drive for tracked vehicles
A tandem track system and method provides for safe withdrawal of a tracked vehicle if either of the main tracks becomes separated. The tracked vehicle has a main track longitudinally extending in a closed endless main loop on opposite sides and engaging a separate m...
05/02/2006
6952990Land mine overpass tread design
A land mine pressure fuse avoidance system has a base. A tread on the base contacts the ground around a land mine and independently distributes pressures around the ground. The tread has plural independent closed cell foam rubber elements. Each element is separated ...
10/11/2005
6616374Tire assembly for mobile irrigation structures
The present invention provides a tire assembly for irrigation systems that prevents the formation of ruts caused by repeated travel along a path by tires of a mobile vehicle or structure. The tire assembly includes dual tires with a flexible belt member w...
09/09/2003
6478387Heavy duty dual tire assembly
A heavy duty dual tire assembly (10) for mounting on dual rims (2) is disclosed. The assembly has a pair of tires (14) and a pair of separate removable annular tread belts (12) for mounting over both tires (14) the pair of separate removable annual tread ...
11/12/2002
6478389Low ground pressure tire chains for skid-steer loaders and other construction machinery
Low ground pressure tire chains for skid-steer loaders and other construction machinery. A track (12) for parallel drive wheeled vehicles (10) having spaced apart pairs of wheels (14,16) assembled with a plurality of base units (24) pivotally interconnect...
11/12/2002
6394562Band device for vehicle wheels
A device constituting a part of a band. The band being intended to be arranged around at least one wheel (2) of a vehicle for cooperation with a bed. The device comprising a grouser (1) intended to extend substantially across the envelope surface of the w...
05/28/2002
6299265Replaceable tire gripping system for endless track
A replaceable tire gripping system for endless track for extending the useful life and operation of an endless track with grouser members. The inventive device includes a grouser bar having a first side and a second side, a pair of side walls attached to ...
10/09/2001
6264283Adjustable wheel for toy vehicles
An adjustable wheel assembly is provided and includes two pairs of oppositely disposed rim sections. The wheel assembly is normally biased in a circular configuration by a resilient tire disposed over the rim sections. A device for movably mounting the ri...
07/24/2001
5842756Traction device for wheels and process for making
A traction device for wheels focusing on irrigation system wheels and the manufacturing process for making the traction device. Multiple traction device segments are joined to encompass a tire/wheel unit of an irrigation system tire/wheel drive system gen...
12/01/1998
5616193Pneumatic tires with cooperating track
A vehicle drive includes pneumatic tires mounted on rims and includes a track which is engaged by and cooperates with the tires. Tire-supporting elements on the track position the tires on the track. Also, the tires, on at least the surfaces which come in...
04/01/1997
5078454Wheel or endless track
A ground engaging apparatus in the form of a wheel for a vehicle, comprising a rim (11) and a plurality of ground engaging elements (13) mounted on the rim. Each ground engaging element (13) comprises a hollow body (31) having an inner face (32) in engage...
01/07/1992
5044415Automobile tire chain having wing-shaped mounting members hingeably attached to anti-sliding members
A tire chain which has a plurality of anti-sliding members, each of which is attached to a base plate and a pivot pin. Wing-shaped members are hingeably attached to the bases and the pivot pins are connected by chain links to form an endless linkage....
09/03/1991
5004030Pneumatic tire with pivotable ground pads
The invention provides a pneumatic tire for mounting on a wheel hub, the tire having a plurality of ground engaging pads disposed around the periphery of the tire. Each pad is capable of at least a limited degree of rotational displacement about a radial ...
04/02/1991
4861053Spherical support apparatus movable over plane surfaces
A spherical element is disclosed having an external pivotably mounted bail counterbalance by an internal counterweight where the sphere is operable over plane surfaces and water supporting a variety of counterbalanced instrumentalities upon the bail and m...
08/29/1989
4813466Support track for a wheeled vehicle
An improved support track assembly for both protecting and improving the flotation and mobility of the resilient wheels of a vehicle is disclosed herein that comprises both a manually operable retention assembly for fastening the track into an endless bel...
03/21/1989
4810043Tire-located track
An add-on track system for an all-terrain vehicle is disclosed. ATV tires are very soft and flexible, and apt to climb out of a track if the track is not properly located. The invention has a track segment with arms protruding up from the slope-plate of t...
03/07/1989
4480670Track belt assembly
An improved track belt assembly wherein the anchor plates have fastening means which are disposed axially inward of the reinforcing belt structure....
11/06/1984
4408646Wheeled vehicle support apparatus
A wheeled vehicle flotation augmentation device is disclosed herein having at least elongated segments releasably connected together in a continuous and endless series of track block guides so as to form a circular tread about the periphery of a single wh...
10/11/1983
4368929Sealed track belt arrangement
Spaced elastomer ribs cooperating with the outer cylindrical surface of a flexible track belt within the confines of each track shoe site with a sufficient volume of elastomer in each rib will, when a track shoe is attached to the sites, be deformed to in...
01/18/1983
4328849Vehicle tire with tractive elements
A vehicle tire with tractive elements for positive engagement with the ground surface is disclosed. The tire carcass has a tread including raised features. Means for positively linking tractive elements positioned radially outwardly of the tread to the ra...
05/11/1982
4306603Vehicle tire with tractive elements
A vehicle tire with tractive elements for positive engagement with the ground surface is disclosed. The tire carcass has a tread including circumferentially spaced raised features. At least one flexible but substantially inextensible belt is positioned ra...
12/22/1981
4279603Flexible paddle wheel structure
A flexible paddle wheel structure comprises a pair of axially spaced wheels, having flexible rims, such as, for example, pneumatic tires, with pairs of radially spaced, transverse, flexible members extending between, and attached to, the rims. A flexible ...
07/21/1981
4258768Fastener assembly
An improved fastener assembly includes an externally threaded member or bolt having a thread convolution with a relatively long trailing flank surface and a relatively short leading flank surface. An internally threaded member or nut also has a thread con...
03/31/1981
4070071Traction element for removable track
A removable track for an annular resilient tire having a plurality of elongated transversely extending traction shoes mounted on a belt at spaced-apart positions along the belt. Each of the shoes has a plurality of raised traction bars at the end portions...
01/24/1978
4059313Track belt assembly
A track belt assembly is disclosed which includes an elastomeric belt, a shoe externally mounted on the belt, a keeper member internally mounted on the belt, a threaded bolt, and a removable retaining device which is interlockingly associated with the kee...
11/22/1977
4057302Removable tread belt
A removable tread installed as an annular belt about the circumference of a tire carcass. The inner surface of the removable tread belt and the outer surface of the tire carcass have an interengaging pattern to interlock the two. The removable tread belt ...
11/08/1977
4050495Removable tread belt
A removable tread installed as an annular belt about the circumference of a tire carcass. The inner surface of the removable tread belt and the outer surface of the tire carcass have an interengaging pattern to interlock the two. The removable tread belt ...
09/27/1977
4046428Traction shoe seal
An elongated resilient sealing strip for sealing the space between a pair of adjacent articulated traction shoes of a removable track for tires having a flexible belt on which the shoes are mounted. The sealing strip has a base with edge portions located ...
09/06/1977
4043610Track shoe
A ground engaging shoe for the cushioned track of an off-highway vehicle that is generally rectangular in shape and includes a V-shaped main grouser that is bounded on the opposite sides thereof by a pair of secondary grousers, each of which has a body po...
08/23/1977
4013112Anchor plate tire having a sub-lug equipped anchor plate
A pneumatic spacer and cushioning tire assembly is provided with a carcass component and a tread section component. A plurality of anchor plates are molded into the tire carcass in the crown section thereof. The anchor plates are further retained in posit...
03/22/1977
4010789Anchor plate tire
A pneumatic spacer and cushioning tire assembly is provided with a carcass component and a tread section component. A plurality of anchor plates are molded into the tire carcass in the crown section thereof. The anchor plates are further retained in posit...
03/08/1977
3964797Track shoe with staggered grousers
A track shoe with staggered grousers includes an elongated rectangular planar body portion with a predetermined leading edge, a trailing edge, a pair of side edges and a flat outer wear surface thereon and having a leading grouser extending integrally out...
06/22/1976
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?