Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Traction increasing
Patent
1996-10-17
1998-08-04
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Traction increasing
301 406, 301 411, B60B 1510, B60B 1526
Patent
active
057883351
ABSTRACT:
A traction device for vehicle wheels has an expandable and contractible member mounted next to the vehicle wheel. The traction device has a tire with extending studs that is expandable by air pressure to increase the diameter of the tire. The tire is contracted by releasing the pressurized air within. The tire is expanded to a diameter just larger than the vehicle wheels so that the studs will engage the roadway to provide traction. The tire may be inflated manually from a pressurized air source and deflated manually. A pressure source and control valves may be provided to control the inflation and deflation of the tire remotely.
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Harrington Robert L.
Stormer Russell D.
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