Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8029071 | Take apart vehicle wheel assembly A take apart vehicle wheel assembly includes at least a first, a second and a third wheel part operatively connected together to form the take apart vehicle wheel assembly. A first one of the first, second and third wheel parts is provided with a plurality of first ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7083238 | Multi-piece aluminum wheel and associated method A multi-piece safety wheel includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, interlocking bosses and tabs on the inner rim portion and outer rim portion. In the event of improper disassembly of the wheel with an inflated tire mounted thereon, any failure of the whee... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073871 | Three piece automobile wheel The three piece automobile wheel is provided with an inner rim, an outer rim, and a center disc. The center disc is attached to a flange section of the inner rim and outer rim. A trough is established in the inner rim between the flange section and rim flange. The o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044179 | Elastic wheel An elastic wheel includes a disk (1) secured to an axle hub, a rim (12) for mounting a tire, and an elastic member (10) arranged between the inner peripheral surface of the rim (12) and the outer peripheral surface of the disk (1).... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6991297 | Built-up automobile/motorbike wheel of light alloy A two-piece-wise built-up light-alloy wheel with a rather big diameter for automobiles and two-wheeled vehicles, being aimed to be made as lightweight and have an improved ornamental appearance, comprising: a rim (2) having outer and inner rim portions integr... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6921138 | Multi-piece vehicle wheel assembly A multi-piece vehicle wheel assembly includes a wheel center and a lightweight wheel rim. The wheel center defines a center hole and has an outer margin. The wheel rim has opposing inside and outside major surfaces. The outside major surface defines a rim bed for mo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913050 | Wheel with a spring unit A wheel with a spring unit includes a rim, a disc and a plurality of spring units. Each spring unit is directed circumferentially and arranged in an annular space between the rim and the disc. Each spring unit includes at least one metal spring. The metal spring may... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6793293 | Wheel assembly for a work machine and apparatus for retaining wheel studs The present invention provides a wheel assembly for a work machine, the wheel assembly includes a hub defined about a central axis. The hub includes an inboard end, an outboard end and a rim-mounting flange. The rim-mounting flange includes an inboard surface, and o... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6598939 | Wheel Wheel, in particular, for a motor vehicle with a rim and a spider, where a bolted connection is provided in the area of transition from the rim to the spider, in which a bolt head or a nut on the outside acts in conjunction with a contact surface on the s... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595595 | Wheel rim having dual centripetal flanges A wheel rim includes two centripetal flanges respectively centripetally formed on an inner and an outer portion of a drop-center portion of the wheel rim having different displacements of the two centripetal flanges respectively deviated from a longitudin... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6315366 | Take apart safety vehicle wheel assembly A take apart safety vehicle wheel assembly including a disc, an inner rim joined to the disc, and an outer rim joined to the disc. The disc has a generally centrally located wheel mounting surface and includes an outer annular flange which defines an oute... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6179388 | Method of making a wheel A method of making a wheel from a rim selected from a plurality of rims of different nominal diameters, a plurality of flanges of different configurations, and a disc, the method including selecting from the plurality of rims a rim of a desired diameter, ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6138730 | Light metal rim ring and method for constructing it A light metal rim ring for vehicle wheels made of an aluminum alloy with at least one multicavitied hollow profile (1) which has a reinforced, in particular a solid portion (2) for the attachment of a wheel disc (3) or spokes. In the method for constructi... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6027176 | Wheel A wheel for a vehicle comprises a rim disposed about the rotational axis of the wheel and having a pair of axially spaced, circumferentially extending bead seats interconnected by a generally cylindrical base. An annular waffle located in a plane generall... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5795034 | Method of producing a welded assembly A method of producing a welded assembly comprising two members and wherein the assembly is adapted subsequently to have an element connected thereto in a manner that imparts a connection force to the welded connection between the two members and the metho... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5435629 | Wheel for vehicle A vehicle wheel is of a three-piece sandwich type and high in accuracy and rigidity and can be manufactured less expensively and more efficiently. The radially outer portions of the flanges of an inner rim part and an outer rim part, which constitute a ri... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5328252 | Quick change wheel and drive assembly for passenger boarding bridges A wheel assembly and power drive train for use with passenger boarding bridges having a ramp drive system. The wheel assembly includes a wheel rim which is releasably attached to a wheel hub to allow removal of the wheel rim and associate tire without dis... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5320420 | Race car wheel A wheel assembly for use on a race car. The wheel includes a center piece having an outer portion adapted for attachment to a rim portion of the wheel, a hub portion adapted for engagement with an axle of a race car for mutual rotation therewith, and a tr... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5275471 | Composite vehicular wheel A composite vehicular wheel having inner and outer sides, having a hub with a peripheral circumference, and a wheel rim having a tire attachment surface, and a recessed base with inner and outer ends and having a flange at its outer end at a substantially... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5234259 | Resin wheel with more than two independently molded parts A resin wheel consisting of two or more molded parts coupled together. The parts are molded separately and have threaded portions. Then, the threaded portion of one molded part is screwed into the threaded portion of the other molded part so that the part... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5104197 | Reinforced wheel A reinforced vehicle wheel having high loadability, long service life, relatively light weight, and simple construction has reinforcing links attached to the wheel hub near the region where the hub transitions into the rim. The reinforcing links preferabl... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4997235 | Light metal wheel rim apparatus A light metal wheel rim apparatus is provided with an increased wheel disk area in proportion to the overall diameter of the rim. The light metal wheel rim is constructed of at least two component parts. A first component part includes an inner rim flange... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4982998 | Two piece construction wheel for an automobile A two piece construction wheel for an automobile is formed of a rim integrally formed and a center disk separately formed. Connecting sections are installed at the position where the rim and the center disk abut against each other. A connecting section at... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4925248 | Track-adjusting wheel A track-adjusting wheel for farming tractors and the like, is disclosed, in which the screw connection of the adjustable wheel dish to the rim designed as a drop-well rim (Dw rim) is made via retaining brackets which are positively supported on the drop-w... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4883324 | Support block for track adjustment wheels A wheel comprises a felloe or outer rim, a dish for attachment to a vehicle hub and several improved support blocks connecting the dish to the rim. The improved support blocks have a generally U-shaped profile which has one configuration in the central po... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4838616 | Multipart rim A multipart, extremely low weight tire rim for high-speed vehicles wherein the interior part of the rim or wheel spider is made of titanium for strength purposes, while the exterior rim parts holding the tire and forming the tire bed consist of aluminum o... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4783880 | Demountable urethane caster wheel tire A caster wheel assembly for replacing a tire on a wheel member having a hub portion, a web portion extending radially outwardly from the hub portion, and a first laterally extending rim portion. A circular member including a web portion removably fastened... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4643484 | Manually adjustable wheels A manually adjustable wheel for, e.g. a tractor, comprising a generally octagonal disc having four longer sides and four shorter sides, the rim having lugs to which the disc is bolted, the rim/disc bolts being arranged in pairs on the shorter sides of the... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4632464 | Rimmed wheels for use in vehicles wheel with stress relief groove for hub bolt A rimmed wheel for use in vehicles comprising a plurality of straight circle bolt holes in its disc portion is disclosed. In such a disc portion, a groove for mitigating a contact pressure between the disc portion and an outer flange edge of a flanged hex... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4515411 | Wheel having adjustment for axial position of rim relative to disc A wheel to provide an adjustable track for a vehicle comprises a wheel disc and a rim interconnected by a plurality of circumferentially spaced connections. The connections each comprise a channel member spaced about the rim and receiving a connecting blo... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4505314 | Wheel with tire bead locking ring A wheel for mounting tubeless tires in which the bead of the tire is sealed and clamped on one or both sides of the wheel. The bead is sealed and clamped by a bead locking ring having a peripheral lip on an axially parallel surface of revolution, terminat... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4470637 | Vehicle wheel with segmental rim parts and retaining ring A vehicle wheel, of the type that carries a tubed tire includes a wheel body, a rim which has a plurality of segmental rim parts, a solid retaining ring which engages all of the rim parts along one side thereof, cam and cam follower means between the rim ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4453776 | Cast vehicle wheel rim for tubeless tires A one-piece, cast vehicle wheel rim for tubeless tires comprises a rim portion and a supporting ring extending from the rim portion. The rim portion has a drop center portion between first and second side walls. The support ring mounts the rim on a disc a... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4253514 | Light alloy split wheel rim A light alloy divided wheel rim comprises a pair of substantially symmetrical rim members fastened together in face-to-face relationship by fastening devices. Each rim member integrally includes an outer flange, an intermediate bead and an inner flange. T... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4234236 | Two piece wheel for a centerline steering wheel assembly A two piece wheelhas an inner tire rim half with an inwardly directed annular flange and an annular groove receiving an O-ring seal, an outer tire rim half has an annular chamfer at its inner edge fitting over and compressing the O-ring seal, a wheel spid... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4181169 | Rim constructions A rim for a pneumatic tire carcass has a pair of rim portions which are securable together to form such rim. One rim portion is integral with a wheel hub and includes a plurality of pockets or guide openings formed therein. The other rim portion includes ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4165777 | Device for joining surfaces of a split rim in a wheel A device for sealing joining surfaces of a split rim in a wheel. The split rim comprises an outboard rim and an inboard rim. A joining surface of the outboard rim is formed at its outer periphery with an annular recess of L-shaped section. The annular rec... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4142569 | Separable safety rims Two-piece rim for mounting tires, single or dual, on a wheel. The removable bead ring has an axial projection intended for engagement by restraining means mounted on the wheel in the event a tire on said rim is unintentionally deflated. Various forms of r... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4054322 | Rim constructions A rim for a pneumatic tire carcass has a pair of rim portions which are securable together to form such rim. One rim portion is integral with a wheel hub and includes a plurality of pockets or guide openings formed therein. The other rim portion includes ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4043374 | Wheel rim assembly and method for demounting a tire therefrom A wheel rim assembly comprises a pair of annular rim sections each having a rim flange secured on an outboard end thereof for retaining an air-inflated tire thereon. A pair of back-to-back mounting flanges extend radially inwardly from inboard ends of the... | 08/23/1977 |
