Internal wheel suspension and shock absorbing system
OwnerDavid L. Wicherninventor
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Abstract
An internal wheel suspension and shock absorbing system, including a hub with radially extending rods or blades, cooperating with sector braces, fixedly mounted by hubs to the interior of the rim for a wheel. The rods and blades secure onto a hub, that mounts onto the vehicle axle, for rotation. When a force is encountered, the forces are absorbed by the blades that extend either through or cooperate with the braces and biasing springs, which are adjustable, that bias against the outer radial edges of the blades or telescoping rods, and absorb the vector forces generated from any impact.
Claims10
An internal suspension system for a wheel having a thickness and a tire there upon, comprising;
- a hub, having a generally cylindrical shape;
- a rim having a generally round hollow shape of greater diameter than said hub, an interior surface opposite said tire and having at least five equally space mounts;
- at least five blade equally spaced around said hub and extending radially from said hub and having less length than the radius of said rim;
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- at least five braces, each of said braces connecting to two adjacent mounts, and each brace accepts therethrough one of said blades radially outwardly from said hub and including at least one biasing member upon each brace.
An internal suspension system for a wheel having a thickness and a tire there upon comprising;
- a hub, having a generally cylindrical shape;
- a rim, having a generally round hollow shape of greater diameter than said hub, an interior surface opposite said tire and having at least five equally spaced mounts;
- at least five blades equally spaced around said hub and extending radially from said hub and having less length than the radius of said rim;
- at least five braces, each of said braces connecting to two adjacent mounts and each brace accepting one of said blades radially outwardly from said hub, and including at least one biasing member;
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- each of said braces having a shaft with a center longitudinal slot to admit one of said blades therethrough, and two opposite outer segments, two biasing members coaxial with said shaft and located axially outwardly from said brace slot said outer segments being threaded, at least one adjustment nut upon each of said segments and contacting said biasing member, and a connector upon each of said segments that pivotally connects to one of said mounts.
An internal suspension system for a wheel having a thickness and a tire thereupon, comprising;
- a hub, having a generally cylindrically shape;
- a rim having a generally round hollow shape of greater diameter than said hub, and interior surface opposite said tire and having at least seven equally spaced mounts;
- at least seven blades equally spaced around said hub and extending radially from said hub and having less length than the radius of said rim, and
- at least seven braces each of said braces connecting to two adjacent mounts, and each blade extends through one of said braces radially outwardly from said hub, and including at least one biasing member upon each brace.
An internal suspension system for a wheel having a thickness and a tire thereupon, comprising:
- a hub, having a generally cylindrical shape;
- a rim having a generally round hollow shape of greater diameter than said hub and an interior surface opposite said tire;
- at least three blades equally spaced around said hub and extending radially from said hub and having less length than the radius of said rim and at least one biasing member connecting to each of said blades generally opposite said hub;
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- a disc encasing said hub, said blades, and said biasing members and allowing movement of said hub, said blades, and said biasing members therein, said disc joining to said rim.
The internal suspension system for a wheel of claim 13 further comprising:
- said disc having a hollow well for said hub, at least three radial hollow passages for said blades, and at least one hollow sleeve perpendicular to each of said passages generally away from said well for one of said biasing members.
The internal suspension system for a wheel of claim 14 further comprising:
- said disc including two halves, each of said halves having one-half of said well, said passages, and said sleeves, so that positioning said halves adjacent to each other allows said hub, said blades, and said biasing member within said well, said passage, and said sleeves.
The internal suspension system for a wheel of claim 14 wherein said biasing members are one of springs, hydraulic cylinders, and pneumatic cylinders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.