A method of assembling a wheel rotatable about a main axis and having a plurality of peripheral rollers mounted on peripheral axles aligned tangentially about said wheel and 5 radially spaced from said main axis, each said peripheral axle joined to adjacent other peripheral axles to form a continuous ring comprising said peripheral axles, said method including the steps of: molding each peripheral axle in a die having a cylindrical cavity for forming the axle shaft of said peripheral axle without longitudinal separation lines, said peripheral axles each having a receiving head portion for receiving a free end of io said axle shaft of an adjacent peripheral axle; mounting a roller on each said axle shaft; joining said peripheral axles together to form a continuous ring of peripheral axles; and molding a wheel body including a support structure around said continuous ring. 100 50 16010 FIG. 5a110 160 o FIG. 5b FIG. 5c 108 FIG. 5d Page 7
Wheel Frame
02.11.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge |