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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353740 | Rapid adjust muzzle system A gun barrel adaptor includes a body having a central bore therethrough and including a flange, the flange having a hole therethrough, the body having a lower side on one side of the flange and an upper side on another side of the flange; a flat spring attached to a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7273259 | Bicycle hub assembly A bicycle hub cover assembly is installed on a bicycle hub to provide a hard, rigid protective cover for the bicycle hub. In one embodiment, the bicycle hub cover assembly has a hub shell cover, a first hub end cover, a second hub end cover and a pair of fasteners t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7134732 | Composite vehicle wheel hub and method for producing same A composite vehicle wheel hub includes an inner wheel hub portion formed from a first material and an outer wheel hub portion formed from a second material and joined to the inner wheel hub portion. A method for producing the composite vehicle wheel hub of this inve... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124854 | Transmission device of vehicle A transmission device of a vehicle is equipped with a shaft, a driven wheel with internal gear teeth defined thereon mounted to the shaft center thereof, and a small driving gear with outer gear teeth defined thereon in mesh with the internal gear teeth of the drive... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125029 | Wheel assembly A wheel assembly is provided, particularly for use with a vehicle, for example a scooter or a bicycle and the like, for operation in both eccentric and concentric modes. The wheel rim of the assembly rotatably and concentrically supports a wheel hub thereon. An offs... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7096902 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a housing and at least one running roller operatively connected to the housing. The roller has a hub, a running ring, a wall connecting the running ring and the hub. The wall has two side surfaces and a curved cross-section between the runn... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6889543 | Wheel assembly provided with a pressure sensor A wheel assembly includes a wheel having a rim which is adapted to receive a tire. The wheel carries a sensor for measuring pressure inside the tire. The wheel is mounted so as to rotate around a spindle. In addition a communication device is located between the sen... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6536550 | Adjustable front axle and brake carrier structure A mounting assembly for adjustably securing an axle and a brake carrier to a front monofork of a motorcycle. The axle is received within an eccentric axle carrier and extends through a lower end of the brake carrier. An opposite end of the brake carrier i... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6474432 | Adjustable front axle and brake carrier structure A mounting assembly for adjustably securing an axle and a brake carrier to a front monofork of a motorcycle. The axle is received within an eccentric axle carrier and extends through a lower end of the brake carrier. An opposite end of the brake carrier i... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6371571 | Adjustable eccentric wheel hub assembly An adjustable eccentric wheel hub assembly includes a wheel hub having an eccentric through hole, a core member mounted in the wheel hub, an axle mounted in an eccentric through hole of the core member, and an adjustment wheel mounted on the axle tube and... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6336515 | Unsprung vacuum-operated traction enhancement system for land vehicles A vacuum intake horn is constantly secured to a portion of a land vehicle and connected to a vacuum generator to increase the load on the wheels and, thereby, enhance traction. In order to minimize the clearance between the intake horn face and road surfa... | 01/08/2002 |
| 5957543 | Structure of golf cart wheel holder assembly A golf cart wheel axle assembly having a holder plate connected to the frame of a golf cart to hold a wheel axle by a lock screw, wherein a rivet is fastened in a transversely extended rivet hole on the holder plate and peripherally engaged into an annula... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5755008 | Ball joint wheel assembly A ball joint wheel assembly is disclosed which includes an axle with at least one ball end, to which a wheel is secured. The wheel includes a socket for retaining the ball end, thereby forming a ball joint for supporting the rotation of the wheel. A bore ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5568030 | Travel control method, travel control device, and mobile robot for mobile robot systems In the travel control method in the mobile robot system including a plurality of mobile robots and the control station for controlling these mobile robot, the control station directs one of a plurality of mobile robots to the destination robot, responding... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5419619 | Hubless wheel A hubless wheel for a vehicle which provides advantageous weight and aerodynamic properties. The wheel includes a rotationally stationary inner hoop, coupled to the vehicle, and a rotatable outer hoop, concentric with the inner hoop. The inner hoop and ou... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5393078 | Skate with in-line wheels A skate including a chassis formed by an upper horizontal plate solidly joined to the sole of a shoe by fasteners and a lower part running perpendicular to the plate and including at least one lateral flange on which the wheels are disposed by transverse ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5374072 | Roller adjustment system for in-line skates An in-line skate has a boot, a chassis supporting the boot, and a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted on axles supported by the chassis. An improvement of the in-line skate is a system for adjusting the height of at least one of the axles in relation to... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5303940 | Skate having angularly mounted wheels A roller skate in accordance with this invention utilizes at least two angularly mounted wheels disposed generally in an in-line relationship. This skate comprises a mounting plate having a pair of oppositely disposed surfaces, with one of such surfaces b... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5294187 | Wheel usable on ground, water, and snow A hollow wheel is rotatively mounted on a vehicle about an axis of rotation defining an acute angle with the vertical. This wheel comprises a first convex side wall having an outer face defining a circular and axially tapering tread centered on the axis o... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5248019 | Hub-less cycle or engine-driven vehicle The present invention relates to a cycle or an engine-driven vehicle which moves on a bearing surface and more particularly on a road. In the case of a motorcycle, the front steering wheel (20) is fitted with a first crown-shaped roller bearing (22) being... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5201378 | Skid steer vehicle A skid steer vehicle comprising a body having a front end and a rear end and ground engageable propulsion wheels disposed on opposite sides of the body, each propulsion wheel being carried on an outer end of a stub axle which is housed, so as to be rotata... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5197786 | Rigid drive axle with cambered wheel hubs A rigid cambered drive axle has a straight rigid housing for the two drive axles and a cambered spindle, integral with the end of the housing, for supporting a wheel hub. A drive in each inside of the housing turns a cambered drive plate through a directi... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5156443 | Sealed roller assembly A lubricated roller assembly which can be constructed entirely of non-metallic components. The roller assembly includes a shaft and roller body secured to one another and enclosed by a housing. The roller body is adapted to roll against an inner periphera... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5121809 | Vehicle with laterally adjustable steering axis The steering wheel (10) of the vehicle is comprised of a plate (40) mounted in an appropriate annular guide (42) integral with the suspension arm (17) of the vehicle, the plate carrying a second roller bearing (24) fixed excentrically to the plate. The ex... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5115746 | Transverse guide roller for track-guidable vehicles with sealed bearing assembly to prevent entry of fluid and drainage orifices to drain fluid from the bearing assembly A transverse guide roller for track-guidable buses effectively prevents the access water to the rotational bearing of such rollers housed rotatably in a horizontal plane. To this end, the rotational bearing is accommodated in a bearing bell which covers t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5106109 | Convertible cart apparatus A cart formed with a concave top surface and a convex bottom surface mounting rollers medially of forward edges of each forward and rear edge and of the cart to permit use of the cart in a rolling or skidding orientation. The cart structure utilizes a plu... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5106113 | Wheel support structure for a cart A wheel support structure for a cart, such as a wheelbarrow. The structure includes two separate wheel axis each carrying a wheel. Each wheel axis is mounted on a holding arm, which is pivotable 180 degrees about a vertical frame portion, whereby the pair... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5096265 | Folding hand truck auxiliary wheel structure A folding hand truck auxiliary wheel structure comprising an U-shaped auxiliary wheel frame adjustably secured to the wheel frame of a folding hand truck by a stop plate and a U-shaped spring wire to hold a pair of auxiliary wheels, wherein the U-shaped a... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5071196 | Wheel for a motor vehicle or towed vehicle and a vehicle fitted with such a wheel A wheel (10) designed to travel on a given support surface comprises a central part (11) and a peripheral part (12) concentric to the central part. The two parts are coupled by a bearing (19) comprising an inner annular element integral with the central p... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5035190 | Implement for seeding grass An implement for seeding "fluffy" grass seed comprising a seed box defining a plurality of seed compartments having a seed dispensing slot in a lower portion thereof. Seed delivery tubes are connected to the seed box so that each of the seed delivery tube... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5005912 | Wheel mounting assembly for a storage and retrieval machine A wheel mounting assembly for a rail-supported storage/retrieval machine. The drive and idler wheels are each mounted on a removable module which includes a fixed plate having a concave spherical surface formed in it and movable plate to which the wheel i... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5005913 | Wheel tread adjusting device A wheel tread adjusting device has a flat plate provided with a plurality of holes. Two of the holes align with the jack screw bores normally present in a tapered sleeve-type hub to mount the plate to the tapered sleeve. A cut-out bore allows the plate to... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4995679 | Wheel assembly for moving objects A wheel assembly for moving an object, such as load carrying vehicles, and similar types of machines. The assembly enables unique motion possibilities, such as changing the direction of the object's motion perpendicularly to a preceding direction of motio... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4955669 | Wheel bearing arrangement for suction cleaner In a wheel bearing arrangement for a suction cleaner, the wheel (20) has on its inside a shaft (21) cooperating with bearing surfaces (12,14) in the suction cleaner housing (10) and a bottom portion (15) thereof, respectively. According to the invention, ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4955099 | Movable support A movable support which includes a first axle, two stub axles which are in line with one another and which extend in opposing directions from the first axle at right angles thereto, and two hemispherical members which are mounted, with respective convex s... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4811992 | Wheel-mounting arrangement with emergency bearing surface A wheel-mounting arrangement for trailer axles, including tapered-roller bearings that are disposed on an axle spindle, and a hub that is rotatably mounted on the axle spindle via these tapered-roller bearings. A brake drum and a wheel or TRILEX star can ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4765646 | Collapsible shopping cart This invention relates to a collapsible shopping cart and in particular to one comprising a basket having a base support which enables it to sustain heavy loads without deforming and wheel assemblies which is easy to fit on the bottom of the basket, where... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4755005 | Axle-variating means for eccentric and concentric wheel A hub of a bike or multiple-wheel cycle is formed with an eccentric wheel or axle in the hub and the eccentric axle having a chain sprocket thereon rotatably mounted with a spindle fixed on a frame fork so that upon the rotation of the axle, the hub and a... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4735459 | Wheel system adapted to be rapidly dismantled from a support A wheel support system for articles of furniture and the like wherein the wheels are adapted to be readily dismantled from their support to thereby permit stacking of the furniture and wherein the wheels are engageable in vertical notches which are offset... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4699431 | Piloted wheel assembly A vehicle wheel assembly includes a wheel having a central pilot flange sized loosely with respect to a pilot boss on the wheel-carrying hub member but interferingly engageable with circumferentially spaced resiiently deflectable elements projecting from ... | 10/13/1987 |
