Drive hub
AssigneeDt Swiss Inc.
InventorsStefan Spahr, Martin Walthert
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Abstract
A drive hub for two-wheeled vehicles with a hub body and with a fixed axle and with a sprocket carrier on which a plurality of sprockets is provided. The sprocket carrier is rotatably supported on the axle by way of at least one bearing. The sprocket carrier includes a circumferentially closed sleeve device on which at least one sprocket is disposed radially outwardly and on which two axially spaced bearings are provided radially inwardly for rotatably supporting the sprocket carrier on the axle via the bearings.
Claims10
A drive hub for at least partially muscle-powered vehicles and in particular two-wheeled vehicles, comprising:
- a hub body, a fixed axle and a sprocket carrier disposed rotatable relative to the fixed axle on which a plurality of sprockets are provided, the sprocket carrier includes a circumferentially closed sleeve device on which at least one sprocket is provided radially outwardly and at which radially inwardly a pair of axially spaced apart bearings are provided to rotatably support the sprocket carrier on the axle, wherein the sleeve device includes a circumferentially closed axial sleeve and a frusto-conical sprocket holder, said sleeve device extending into the hub body, a sealing device positioned between said hub body and said sleeve device, wherein said sealing device seals said sleeve device to prevent dust and/or moisture from penetrating into an interior of said sleeve device, a first end of the frusto-conical sprocket holder is provided at an end of the sleeve device and a second end of the frusto-conical sprocket holder is supported on the sleeve device via webs, wherein a plurality of the sprockets are integrally formed with the sprocket carrier as an integral unit and a plurality of the sprockets are removably attached to the sprocket carrier individually or as a unit and exchangeable with another sprocket or sprockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.