Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Traction increasing
Patent
1998-11-09
2000-03-21
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Traction increasing
305 46, 305189, 305191, B60B 1500
Patent
active
060394056
ABSTRACT:
A segment structure mounted on a wheel or an endless rubber track for increasing the driving force of off-road vehicles, civil engineering machines or construction machines is disclosed. A segment of a rubber elastic material mounted on the outer periphery of the wheels or the endless rubber track includes a bottom section adapted to be in contact with the wheel or the endless rubber track, a hollow section formed in the segment along the width of the wheel or the endless rubber track, and a stopper erected into the hollow section from the bottom section. The inner surface of the hollow section and the stopper are kept out of contact with each other under a static load.
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Kumano Youichi
Kurata Tomoyuki
Takahashi Kazuya
Bridgestone Corporation
Stormer Russell D.
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