Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Hub
Patent
1995-09-11
1996-11-19
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Hub
384545, B60B 2700
Patent
active
055755402
ABSTRACT:
A hub of a bicycle includes a hub shell with two ends and an axle which rotatably extends through the hub shell, a dust cap threadedly engaged to each end of said hub shell, a bearing rotatably disposed between the axle and each of the dust caps, a tubular element mounted to the axle and located between two first flanges each of which extends radially and outwardly from the axle, the tubular element having a fourth groove defined in an outer periphery of at least one end thereof so as to form a first shoulder and a second shoulder wherein the first shoulder is located near a distal end of the tubular element and is received in the third groove of the corresponding dust cap, the second shoulder having a second flange extending inwardly and radially therefrom for contacting against the corresponding first flange of the axle.
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patent: 5460455 (1995-10-01), Chen
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Klein David I.
Mitchell David M.
Rosenberg Morton J.
Trinh Hoa B.
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