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US 9,469,156 B2Granted
Wheel hub, in particular an aircraft wheel hub
AssigneesRoeder Praezision GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsAndreas Bueter, Erik Bormann, Paul Becker, Branko Kupresanin
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Abstract
Wheel hub and method for forming a wheel hub. Wheel hub includes a rim having a circumferential surface with axial ends, and one rim flange being arranged at each axial end of the circumferential surface. The rim includes a fiber-reinforced plastic as a main component and each of the rim flanges is releasably connectable to the rim.
Claims17
A wheel hub comprising:
- a rim having a circumferential surface with axial ends;
- one rim flange being arranged at each axial end of the circumferential surface, wherein the rim comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic as a main component and each of the rim flanges is releasably connectable to the rim;
- and
- a locking element, wherein at least one of the rim flanges is structured to slide onto the circumferential surface axially from an outside and to be secured against a movement axially outwards by the locking element, and
- wherein the locking element is structured and arranged to form a rotation protection between the rim and the rim flange.
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A method of forming a wheel hub that includes a rim having a circumferential surface having axial ends, the method comprising:
- releasably connecting a rim flange onto at each axial end of the circumferential surface by axially sliding at least one of the rim flanges onto the circumferential surface from an outside;
- and securing the at least one rim flange against a movement axially outwards via a locking element,
- wherein the rim comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic as a main component and wherein the locking element is structured and arranged to form a rotation protection between the rim and the rim flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.