Patent ID: 8640752

Claim:
A celestial body vehicle wheel to be mounted on a celestial body running vehicle designed for running on a celestial body comprising: a hub body rotatable about a rotation axis; a grounding member arranged radially outside of the hub body and rotatable about the rotation axis while contacting a celestial body surface; and a load bearing means arranged between the hub body and the grounding member for bearing radial load, the load bearing means including: a plurality of first support members arranged circumferentially to extend radially outward from the hub body and terminate short of the grounding member; a plurality of second support members arranged circumferentially to extend radially inward from the grounding member and terminate short of the hub body; and elastic members for connecting the first support members and the second support members to each other, wherein the first support member and the second support member are in different positions in the circumferential direction of the wheel and each second support member is linked to two pairs of first support members adjacent to the each second support member, and wherein, under the radial load, the elastic members are elastically deformed, and the first support members and the second support members are relatively displaced in directions approaching each other.