The problem of caster wheel shimmy in wheelchairs has been solved through the use of dual wheels on a common axle or separated dual treads on a common wheel. Caster wheel shimmy is a self excited lateral oscillation if the caster which will occur when the wheelchair reaches a critical speed. The drag due to caster shimmy can be so great that the user can be thrown from the wheelchair. The new caster design allows the wheelchair to operate shimmy free at much higher speeds than with standard designs and does not require expensive and cumbersome damping devices.


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    Titel :

    A new solution to caster wheel shimmy


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Eine neue Loesung fuer das Flattern von Gussraedern


    Beteiligte:
    Kauzlarich, J.J. (Autor:in) / Bruning, T.E. (Autor:in) / Dimaio, W.G. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1983


    Format / Umfang :

    3 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 7 Quellen


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Investigation of wheel shimmy

    Kauffmann, A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1927


    The effect of inertial parameters of casters on wheelchair caster shimmy

    Bruning, T.E. / Kauzlarich, J.J. / McLaurin, C.A. | Tema Archiv | 1983


    Experiments on tail-wheel shimmy

    Dietz, O. / Harling, R. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Vehicle steering wheel shimmy optimization method

    LIAO WENHUI / ZHANG WEI / XIAO HUI | Europäisches Patentamt | 2022

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