Patent ID: 6520596
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A hub for use as part of an overall wheel structure adapted to be mounted to the end plate of a vehicular axle, said wheel structure also having an arrangement of spokes and a rim for receiving a tire, said hub comprising: a plurality of bars which have outwardly-most extending ends, each end of which displays a predetermined curvature, said bars being connected to one another to form a hub body defining (1) a common center point and (2) an overall contact face defined in part by said bars; the contact face including outwardly-most extending ends corresponding to the ends of said bars and displaying predetermined curvatures corresponding to the outwardly-most extending ends of said bars, the predetermined curvatures of the ends of said contact face displaying radii of curvature smaller than the distance from said center point of the contact surface to the outwardly-most extending ends of said bars; each of said bars having a through hole (1) which is adapted to receive an axle bolt and (2) which extends in a direction perpendicular to said contact face such that, when the wheel structure is mounted to said vehicular axle, said contact surface is contiguous with the axle end plate.