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US 11,198,321 B2Granted
Wheel, drive wheel and wheelchair
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiko Koshido, Kazuma Yoshii, Wakato Yamamoto, Junji Takado
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a wheel, drive wheel and wheel chair. The wheel includes an annular rim and a disk covering the rim on one side in an axial direction of the rim. The disk of the wheel includes a skin and a cushion member. The skin is formed of a fiber-reinforced material. The cushion member includes a cushion part and a shape retaining part. The cushion part is formed of a shock absorbing material and is disposed adjacent to the skin. The shape retaining part is formed of a fiber-reinforced material and is disposed adjacent to the cushion part.
Claims18
A wheel, comprising:
- an annular rim onto which a tire is fitted;
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- a disk covering the rim on one side in an axial direction of the rim,
- wherein the disk comprises a skin member and a cushion member in order from the one side in the axial direction, wherein the skin member is formed of a first fiber-reinforced material and forms a skin of the disk, and the cushion member is disposed adjacent to the skin member, and
- the cushion member comprises a cushion part and a shape retaining part in order from the one side in the axial direction, wherein the cushion part is formed of a first shock absorbing material and is disposed adjacent to the skin member, and the shape retaining part is formed of a second fiber-reinforced material and is disposed adjacent to the cushion part.
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