Patent ID: 6360855
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A wheel for a stationary bicycle having a magnetic field damping device comprising:a first disk having a first central hole defined therethrough, a plurality of rods and first protrusions extending from a side of said first disk; a second disk having a second central hole defined therethrough and a plurality of second protrusions extending from a side of said second disk, a plurality of rollers connected between said first protrusions and said second protrusions in alignment with each other, an axle engaged with said first central hole and said second, central hole, said rods contacting said side of said second disk so as to obtain a gap between said first disk and said second disk; a first plate having a first end thereof pivotably connected at a first point between said first disk and said second disk, a plurality of magnets connected to said first plate, a second plate having a first end thereof pivotably connected at a second point between said first disk and said second disk; and a wire connected to a second end of said first plate and a second end of said second plate.