A rolling element such as a wheel and wheel attachment or caterpillar type rolling element for improving support. A rolling element includes: a first support surface formed as a loop configured to roll on a substrate such that a region of the first support surface alternately contacts and separates from the substrate, a first extension running about the loop and disposed about the first support surface, wherein where the rolling element is disposed on the substrate and a load is applied thereto: in a first region of the loop where the first support surface is separate from the substrate the first extension extends beyond the first support surface, and in a second region of the loop where the first support surface contacts the substrate the first extension is deformed so as to form a second support surface which contacts the substrate.
Improved Wheel and Wheel Attachment
2021-10-28
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen |