Wheel
OwnerSimon Richard Clemensinventor
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Abstract
A wheel comprising a rim portion and a center portion for supporting the rim portion, wherein the rim portion is adapted to allow attachment of the center portion to the rim at a selected position of a plurality of available positions. In one arrangement the available positions are disposed in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel. There is also provided the rim and the center portion and a method for constructing the wheel.
Claims22
A wheel comprising
- a rim portion,
- a center portion for supporting the rim portion, and
- the rim portion and center portion including a sliding spline and groove arrangement providing relative sliding adjustment of the rim portion and center portion parallel to the wheel's axis of rotation,
- the wheel having an adjustable offset of the rim portion relative to the center portion along an axis of rotation of the wheel by sliding of the center portion and the rim portion relative to one another parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel with the center portion within the rim portion,
- wherein the rim is adapted for attachment of the center portion to a radially inner portion of the rim portion at a selected position of a plurality of available positions disposed around the radially inner portion of the rim portion and in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel, and
- releasable securing means that releasably secure the center portion and the rim together at a selected rim portion to center portion axial offset, the securing means received into the rim portion from the radially inner portion thereof.
A method of constructing a wheel having a rim portion and a center portion adapted to be attached to the rim portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- locating the center portion to the rim portion at a selected position of a number of selectable positions along an axis of rotation of the wheel by sliding the center portion and the rim portion relative to one another parallel to an axis of rotation of the wheel, and releasably attaching the center portion to the rim portion at the selected position by engagement of a sliding spline and groove arrangement allowing sliding adjustment of the rim portion and center portion parallel to the wheel's axis of rotation, and applying securing means from the radially inner portion into the rim portion.
A vehicle wheel rim having a spline or groove arrangement to positively locate to the rim a wheel center portion having a corresponding opposite groove or spline arrangement, the spine and groove arrangement allowing relative axial position adjustment of the rim and wheel center along an axis parallel to an axis of rotation of the wheel, and a number of spaced fastening apertures in the rim for use in securing the center portion and the rim together at a chosen axial offset position of the center portion relative to the rim.
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