Patent · US Expired

Vehicle wheel, in particular for a low-platform vehicle

US6343554B1 · kind B1 · utility

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36References

25Claims

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Assignee

Bombardier Transportation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Marek Affeldt · Stein, DE
Andreas Brinkmann · Oberhausen, DE
Reinhard Pieper · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 1999
Grant date	Feb 5, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K7/00
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle wheel includes a wheel hub rotatably mounted on a stationary axle and a running tread, tire or the like connected with the wheel hub. A device for connecting structural components such as, for instance, a transmission part or a brake disk, for the purpose of transmitting a torque between the wheel hub and the structural component to be connected is provided on the external end face of the wheel hub. In order to provide a modularly designed vehicle wheel easy to mount and dismount, the device for connecting structural components is applicable facultatively and a fastening device spacially separated from the device for facultatively connecting structural components is provided on the external end face of the wheel hub. The vehicle wheel may be designed as a driven wheel or a loose wheel with or without brake. By separating torque transmission and power transmission, mounting and dismounting of the vehicle wheel is substantially facilitated.

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