Wheel having a sinusoidal circumference
AssigneeShark Wheel, Inc.
InventorsDavid Michael Patrick, Robert Steven Patrick
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Abstract
A circular wheel is aligned in a rotational plane and has a peripheral outfacing surface symmetrical about the plane of rotational. A center line of the width of the peripheral outfacing surface is sinusoidal around the wheel. The wheel may have a central hub, a rim, a medial wheel structure between the hub and the rim, and a tire mounted on the rim. The outfacing surface may be that of the hub, the medial wheel structure, the rim, or the tire depending on the application.
Claims9
A vehicular wheel for axial load bearing and load transfer to a supporting surface, said vehicular wheel has a wheel width, an axis of rotation, and orthogonal thereto, a plane of symmetry, said vehicular wheel comprising:
- a single peripheral surface encircling said axis of rotation, wherein said peripheral surface is sinusoidally and symmetrically divergent about said plane of symmetry in plural sinusoidal cycles, having a constant sinusoidal amplitude peak and a constant sinusoidal period;
- wherein, said peripheral surface is convex across a width of said peripheral surface, and is spaced apart from said plane of symmetry at each sinusoidal amplitude peak by a space equal to one-half of said width of said peripheral surface.
A pair of vehicular wheels for axial load bearing and load transfer to a supporting surface, wherein each one of said wheels has a wheel width, an axis of rotation, and orthogonal thereto, planes a plane of symmetry, said vehicular wheels each comprising:
- a single peripheral surface encircling said axis of rotation, wherein said peripheral surface is sinusoidally and symmetrically divergent about said plane of symmetry in plural sinusoidal cycles, having a constant sinusoidal amplitude peak and a constant sinusoidal period;
- wherein, said peripheral surface has is convex across a width of said peripheral surface, and is spaced apart from said plane of symmetry at each sinusoidal amplitude peak by a space equal to one-half of said width of said peripheral surface.
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