Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Wheel making
Patent
1997-10-01
2000-02-01
Echols, P. W.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Wheel making
B21K 140
Patent
active
060188693
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle hub assembly and method of manufacturing the assembly which eliminates ball and needle bearings and many other parts, thereby simplifying manufacturing and increasing durability. The assembly comprises a molded hub having a central opening for receiving an axle therethrough on which the hub rotates. Like flanges are provided on each end of the hub and the flanges have openings for receiving spokes. In one embodiment, molded bushings are provided in each end of the hub and include abutment portions for bearing against the flanges. The center of the flanges and the ends of the hub are configured in each embodiment so as to allow the flanges and hub ends to readily mate together and align in a predetermined angular offset with respect to one another. This arrangement ensures that like flanges can be used on each end of the hub but be angularly offset in a simple and predetermined manner.
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Haley Jimmie L.
Slankard Billy D.
Echols P. W.
Union Gesellschaft fur Metallndustrie mbH
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