Patent ID: 6244669
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B60B,B60Y

Abstract:
A method for use with a motorized vehicle having mounted on each of its axles a wheel structure and a tire supported on the wheel structure, said method comprising:(a) providing an assembled wheel structure having a tire mounted thereon, said wheel structure including (i) an outer annular rim having an outer annular surface configured to support a tire and an inner annular surface, (ii) a hub adapted to be mounted to the axle of said vehicle, said hub having a first thickness (iii) an array of spokes connected with said rim and configured to be disengagably connected with said hub, and (iv) means for disengagably connecting each of said spokes wit h said hub such that said hub can be easily replaced with a different hub,(b) mounting said assembled wheel structure onto one of the axles of said vehicle;(c) thereafter, removing said assembled wheel structure and replacing its hub with a different hub and then reassembling the revised wheel structure and tire, said different hub having a second thickness different from said first thickness; and(d) remounting the revised wheel structure and tire on said last-mentioned axle.