Patent · US Expired

Wheel hub

US7111911B2 · kind B2 · utility

23Cited by

8References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH · DE

Inventors

Johann Baumgartner · Moosburg an der Isar, DE
Wolfgang Pahle · Bad Wiessee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2002
Grant date	Sep 26, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2200/003
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel hub, especially a wheel hub for commercial vehicles, for receiving a brake disk, in which a neck section which is formed on the wheel flange for receiving the brake disk, the neck section being provided with a surface structure, preferably ribs, which increases the amount of heat given off to the environment. There may also be provided ducts between the ribs to permit cooling air to pass between the wheel flange and the brake disk to further increase the amount of heat given off to the environment.

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