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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413350 | Bicycle hub A bicycle hub is provided that comprises a hub axle, a hub body, a bearing and a clearance adjusting member. The bearing includes an outer ring coupled to the hub body, an inner ring coupled to the hub axle, and a plurality of rolling components disposed between the... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7368002 | Ionic air conditioning system The air conditioning system includes a housing having a vent portion and an ion generating unit positioned in the housing. The ion generating unit includes a first electrode, at least one second electrode, and a voltage generator that provides a constant potential d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325974 | Pulley rotation support apparatus An endless belt (11) to be provided on a driven pulley (4b) and a pulley rotation support apparatus for supporting the driven pulley (4b). In the pulley rotation support apparatus, there is used a three-point-contact-type or four-p... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309166 | Hub joint for transferring load from a rotating shaft to a stationary body A hub joint for supporting bearings adapted to rotatably receive a shaft. The joint includes an upper annular portion having a radially inner boundary and an upper bearing mount attached to the inner boundary of the upper annular portion. The upper bearing mount has... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7118182 | Axle unit for driving wheel A drive-wheel axle unit which prevents the mutual contact portion between a caulk portion (29a) of a hub (6a) and an outer-end face (39) of a housing portion (11) of a drive shaft member (31) from being exhausted, the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7011593 | Tensioning or deflection pulley for a belt drive A tensioning or deflection pulley for a belt drive includes a carrier and a track roller comprised of an inner ring, an outer ring, and a connecting assembly, including a wheel disk extending between the inner and outer rings, and a rib assembly disposed in both sid... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6659649 | Rotation support apparatus for compressor pulley A radial ball bearing 14 of the three point contact type or four point contact type is used for the rolling bearing for a compressor pulley. The offset amount δ, that is the axial distance between the center of the radial load applied to the foll... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6494622 | Bearing wheel for conveyors and the like A reliable bearing wheel assembly comprising a shaft, an inner race, an outer race, and rollers or other bearing elements between the inner and outer races, wherein the inner race is reliably prevented from both rotating and moving axially relative to the... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6482140 | Roller and method of producing the same A roller is structured so that one or a plurality of grooves are recessed on an outer peripheral surface of an outer race in a bearing, a part of a synthetic resin tire integrally adhered to the outer race of the bearing is inserted and welded within a gr... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6450689 | Roller and method of producing the same A roller is structured such that one or more grooves are recessed on an outer peripheral surface of an outer race in a bearing. A part of a synthetic resin tire is integrally adhered to the outer race of the bearing and is inserted and welded within a gro... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5897214 | Method and apparatus for securing a rotary member to a stationary shaft A structure for mounting a rotating machine element, such as a drum pulley, idler, roller or the like includes first and second bearing sets secured to first and second end disks of the rotating member. The first bearing set is secured to a stationary sha... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5836500 | Guiding device using a non-bending segmented rotary roll An apparatus is provided for accurately guiding and treating textile strips of great width using a quasi-continuous roll which does not bend. The roll is used for guiding material presented in strip form, in particular a textile material which is in conta... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833374 | Rotatable assembly for supporting of the rotor of a vacuum pump A rotatable assembly for supporting the rotor of a vacuum pump with a plurality of gas pumping stages formed by cooperating rotor discs secured to the rotor and stator rings integral with a body, comprising rotatable means for supporting the shaft of the ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5606475 | Magnetic disc drive motor including a fixed shaft having mounted thereon a lower bearing member with a portion for mounting a rotor A magnetic disc drive motor contains a frame; a fixed shaft mounted on the frame; a lower bearing member mounted on a lower portion of the fixed shaft, the lower bearing member being provided with a roller ring rotating about the fixed shaft, the lower be... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5490732 | Wheel bearing hub with deformed bead A wheel bearing unit for example for use in a motor vehicle, including an antifriction bearing clamped on the hub. The hub includes a bore which defines a tubular hub part that prior to deformation extends past the axially outer end of the inner ring of t... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5468070 | Composite roller assembly An improved composite roller for use with seat suspension assemblies has a plastic roller surface injection molded around a metal insert which has a needle bearing coaxially disposed within the metal insert. The metal insert has a ribbed surface and opposing c... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5381716 | Tremolo system for stringed instruments A tremolo system for a stringed instrument includes a base plate (10) secured to the upper surface of the body (2) of the instrument and provided with a transverse slot (12) feeding into a hollow volume (6) within the body (2), the base plate carrying a p... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5255573 | Winch handle A manually operated winch crank is characterized by a crank arm having a shaft extending at right angles to the arm, a tubular handle rotatably mounted on the shaft, and a reduced height knob rotatably mounted above the tubular handle. The tubular handle ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5178472 | Bearing for mounting on a multi-sided shaft A bearing has an inner ring coaxial to and rotatable relative to an outer ring. A central bore of the inner ring accommodates a multi-sided shaft in at least two positions that are angularly offset relative to each other. Each position provides a differen... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4958945 | Spindle unit A spindle unit adapted to be used for miniature motors and miniature rotors.... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4943171 | Welded connection for wheel bearing unit for motor vehicles A wheel bearing unit for motor vehicles, and the like, having an outer ring and two rows of anti-friction rolling elements in the outer ring. An axially inward hub has one race for one row of rolling elements. An axially outer part of the of the bearing u... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4887917 | Wheel mount and method of connecting the parts of a wheel mount A wheel mount for a motor vehicle including a hub which is welded to another part, such as a swivel joint or a holding part. The hub carries on it the inner ring of the anti-friction bearing for the hub. Projecting axially from the hub and from the other ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4848938 | Ring-shaped machine part A ring-shaped machine part of relatively hard material with an essentially cylindrical seating surface which has at least one ring-shaped milled section on which a machine part of relatively soft material with a corresponding seating surface can be seated... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4848933 | Rotary mounting for mounting a gear wheel relative to a frame A rotary mounting for mounting a gear wheel relative to a frame, the gear wheel being constrained to rotate with a shaft such as a drive shaft, the mounting being constituted by: the gear wheel being mounted at one end of the shaft around the outer periph... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4798149 | Wheel lock assembly A wheel lock assembly for reversibly rotatably mounting a wheel assembly which comprises an inner race and an outer race and bearings disposed therebetween on a trolley which includes a central bore having a central axis and having a substantially annular... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4784441 | Protective boot supporting sleeve for universal joint in wheel assembly In a wheel assembly for a vehicle wheel, a supportive sleeve is provided mounted in rotatably fixed engagement with a hub of the wheel assembly with one side of a protective boot for the universal joint being attached thereto. The supportive sleeve is con... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4688952 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprised of a shell member (11), a deformable metal cup member (12) within which is centrally mounted a bearing unit (15) locked together against axial movement of the bearing unit relative to the shell member.... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4674355 | Crankhandle structure A crankhandle assembly has a cylindrically-hollow handle member rotatably mounted on a shaft or core element. The shaft has complementary stepped contours at each end and the handle has bearing cups at each end positioned to form with said stepped contour... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4640197 | Rocker arm assembly with a fixing collar for an aerial tramway installation A rocker arm assembly (12), supporting the rope of an aerial tramway installation, comprises sheaves (14, 16), the spindles (18, 20) of which are fitted enabling their disassembly, cantilevered from an arm (22) fitted on the inward facing side of the shea... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4640632 | Arrangement for the axial positioning and holding of a machine part in a thin wall sleeve or the like The rolling bearing of a guide roller is held in the bore of a thin wall roller adapted to guide a pulley, by projections radially inwardly extending from the thin wall roller. The projections may be in the form of beads having planar surfaces in a plane ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4602875 | Combined bearing, rotatable member and shield assembly A combined bearing, pulley and shield assembly that is temporarily unitized prior to being installed on a cylindrical shaft support. A bearing having inner and outer races with an annular space between the races is molded into the hub off the pulley with ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601521 | Rolling apparatus Rolling apparatus comprising a support member, first bearing means connected to the support member for rotating relative to the support member, and a first tire of material softer than the bearing means mounted on the circumference of the bearing means, t... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4511192 | Support for a tension roller A support for a tension roller is comprised of two cup-shaped sleeves, oriented with their open ends in the same direction, and with an inner one of the cup-shaped sleeves extending into the other of the cup-shaped sleeves. The outer end of the inner cup-... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4504099 | Drive-axle bearing device for automobiles A bearing device for supporting an axle of an automobile comprises an outer member(B) having two races formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof and also having a radial flange integrally formed thereon for connection to a vehicle, an inner shaft mem... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4502738 | Wheeled support assembly for conveyors with locking and fastening feature A wheeled support assembly for conveyors includes a wheel assembly having an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of rolling elements positioned therebetween, and a support or bracket. The bracket defines a noncircular aperture in cross section, and the... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4367905 | Wheeled support assembly for conveyors with locking and fastening feature A trolley or carriage assembly for conveyors, including overhead and in-floor conveyors, in which the inner race of a wheel assembly, a shield or seal for the wheel, and a support for supporting a work piece to be transported by the trolley or carriage as... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4019789 | Trolley wheel The specification discloses a trolley wheel assembly useful in conveyor applications especially in the food processing industry. The assembly includes a plastic wheel, metallic outer and inner races positioned with respect to the wheel and antifriction me... | 04/26/1977 |
