Wheelchair wheel
AssigneeP + L Innovations GmbH
InventorsMichael Eich, Wolf-Dietrich Pflaumbaum
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Abstract
A wheelchair wheel which is rotatable around an axis of rotation comprises includes: a hub, which can be connected to a wheel axle of a wheelchair frame; a wheel body which is arranged on the hub, forms a running surface of the wheelchair wheel and constitutes the connection between the running surface and the hub, the wheel body being composed of three wheel body segments, each wheel body segment having a rim profile and a tire portion arranged in the rim profile; three fastening devices which are independent of one another, each wheel body segment being releasably fastened to the hub by one of the fastening devices.
Claims21
A wheelchair wheel, which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, the wheelchair wheel comprising:
- a hub, which can be connected to a wheel axle of a wheelchair frame;
- a wheel body which is arranged on the hub and forms a running surface of the wheelchair wheel and constitutes a connection between the running surface and the hub, the wheel body being composed of three wheel body segments, each wheel body segment of the three wheel body segments having a rim profile and a tire portion arranged in the rim profile;
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- three fastening devices which are independent of one another,
- wherein each wheel body segment of the three wheel body segments is releasably fastened to the hub by a respective fastening device of the three fastening devices,
- wherein the hub has a wheel body segment seat in the form of a circumferential groove on a radial outer side of the hub, and
- wherein the three wheel body segments are seated in the wheel body segment seat with a fastening section facing the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.