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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343991 | Electrically driven track wheels for tracked vehicles An electrically driven wheel for a tracked vehicle which includes a driving track wheel with built in cogs and a brushless DC motor having a mounting shaft to connect the wheels to the tracked vehicle. The brushless DC motor is coupled within the driving track wheel... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7278693 | Coupling assembly A hub has an inner surface defining a bore centered on an axis, an outer surface surrounding the inner surface, and two slots extending in radially opposite directions from the bore to the outer surface. A shaft is configured to be received in the bore and has a cir... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7165815 | Wheel assembly for garden shears A wheel assembly includes a main body, two wheels, two positioning shafts, and two retaining rods. In practice, the retaining portion of each of the retaining rods is urged on the positioning plates of the respective positioning shaft to position the locking portion... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7070246 | Wheel device with quick-releasing mechanism A wheel device with quick-releasing mechanism comprises a wheel body and an U-shaped movable member. The wheel body further has two tabs and an elastic element. The movable member further includes a first board having a first wall surface and a second wall surface e... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7011321 | Quick release detachable wheels A quick release detachable wheel hub assembly is shown for a lightweight manual wheelchair. The wheelchair wheels mount on exterior hubs and rotate therewith. The inner face out of each of the exterior hubs mates with an opposing outer face of interior hubs. One of ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6938964 | Wheel A journal for coupling a wheel to an axle is configured to be mounted in a bore of the wheel. The journal defines a reception space for receiving an axle. A locking element is pivotally mounted on the journal from a release position in which the axle is removable fr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910742 | Wheel A journal for coupling a wheel to an axle has a main tubular body portion with a reception space for the axle and a separate locking element. The locking element is mounted in a cradle for pivotal movement about a pivot axis from a release position in which the axle... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6666526 | Molded wheel assembly A wheel and axle assembly in which the wheel carries a metal clip secured within a pocket formed in the wheel. The clip extends into an axial bore formed in the wheel. An axle is fitted into the wheel bore engaging the metal clip to secure the axle agains... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6494544 | Axle and wheel mounting system for a wet/dry vacuum cleaner A wheel mounting system for a wet/dry vacuum cleaner is disclosed. A system provides a wet/dry vacuum cleaner base having a plurality of mounting surfaces extending therefrom. First and second wheels are mounted to first and second stub shafts which are i... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6361121 | Plastic wheel assembly and improved mounting sleeve therefor A plastic wheel (22, 122) and wheel mounting sleeve (27, 27a, 127) used to releasably secure the wheel (22, 122) onto an axle (23, 123). The wheel mounting sleeve (27, 27a, 127) preferably includes a resilient, radially displaceable, axially extending, ca... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6280001 | Waste container and wheel assembly with pultruded axle A waste container having a wheel assembly comprising an axle assembly on which are slidably mounted a pair of wheels. The axle assembly comprises a pultruded shaft with opposing end caps. The end caps have an indentation for receiving a retainer to retain... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6095617 | Integrated wheel and wheel hub assembly, particularly for a vehicle Integrated wheel and wheel hub assembly for a vehicle, including a wheel hub (3), a wheel (2), carried by the wheel hub (3), a suspension mount (5) to connect the wheel hub (3) to the vehicle body, a rolling bearing, interposed between the wheel hub (3) a... | 08/01/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5720530 | Hub unit with connection by means of cup spring A hub unit comprises a wheel bearing and a driving axle stub which is situated in a correspondingly shaped, concentric opening in the rotatable ring of the wheel bearing, and in the direction of rotation interacts by unround shapes with the ring which dri... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5647828 | Exerciser wheel assembly with replaceable wheel ring A wheel assembly for an exerciser includes a tubular ring-mounting member having a plurality of axially extending slots at an open inner end portion thereof so as to define a plurality of tapered flexible jaws. A wheel-bearing tube has an open outer end i... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5603555 | Wheel axle-bearing assembly A non-corrosive, small particle resistant wheel axle-bearing assembly for a free wheeling hand carry device is provided which includes a wheel, an axle spindle and an annular bearing. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the wheel includes a centra... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5529323 | Hand-pulled wagon having removable front, side and rear walls A hand-pulled wagon comprises a horizontal bed supported on a frame to wh are attached ground support wheels. The axles of the wheels are attached to sleeves which extend downwardly from the frame. Upper ends of the sleeves are hollow to receive mounting... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5466051 | Releasable wheel assembly for golf cart A wheel device for releasably attaching to a golf cart, the wheel device includes an engaging member fixed to a wheel axle. A pair of catches are extended from tile engaging member. The leg attachment member includes a hole for receiving the catches of th... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5188430 | Structure for a golf cart wheel shaft A structure for a golf cart wheel shaft having two hole bushings fixed in opposing ends of a central bore of a hub of the golf cart wheel. A shaft bushing is disposed within the central bores of the hole bushings for receiving a wheel shaft within the int... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5165708 | Double-foot plate pedaling skate A double-foot plate pedaling skate, comprising two foot plates alternatively pedaled to force three sets of wheels to run. The three sets of wheels include a first set of wheels mounted on the wheel axles of one foot plate at one side, a second set of whe... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5087062 | Knock-down wheelbarrow and fastening devices therefor The knock-down wheelbarrow includes four side units and a bottom unit that are generally planar. The side units and bottom unit form an open topped box structure. These units have respective interfacing surface portions that are adjacent each other. A plu... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4936598 | Golf cart An improved golf cart mainly comprises a pair of grips, a grip-supporting-rod, a fixing seat for the grip supporting rod, an upper-fixing-member for a golf bag, a collapsible frame, a pair of wheels and a set of wheel supports. The grip can receive a golf... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4881842 | Wheel bearing assembly A wheel bearing assembly comprises an outer bearing member which is secured to a steering knuckle, and a hollow spindle which is rotatably supported in a fixed longitudinal relationship in the outer bearing member by two rows of bearing balls. The hollow ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4771901 | Mobile shelving carriage The specification discloses a simple, yet extremely strong and serviceable, mobile shelving carriage construction. A first extruded frame member defines integral screw bosses within its cross-sectional shape. A second frame member is secured to the first ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4679862 | Quick-release wheelchair axle A quick-release wheelchair axle comprising a male member of a coupling device which forms a continuous piece with and is collinear with the axle's axis, the end of the load bearing surface opposite the male member having two lock washer slots for wheel ad... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4641878 | Toy railway vehicle set with constricted opening recess in hub The present disclosure is directed to a wheel set for toy rail vehicles having wheels with rims extending radially from hubs which are mounted on a smooth axle passed through a hole in the chassis of the vehicle. A spring disc with a cover is fitted on th... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4477121 | Quick release wheel A quick release coupling for a wheel and axle comprising an axle having an outer end for receiving a wheel thereon, a circumferential ball receiving groove adjacent the end of the axle, a wheel having a hub portion with a central opening therein for recei... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4440414 | Foldable bicycle The present invention pertains to a foldable bicycle including a main frame comprised of a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, a handlebar structure, a removably, adjustable seat structure, and two removable wheels. The two wheels include a fron... | 04/03/1984 |
