An attachment member 150 for connecting a pair of wheels together includes a central portion (152; fig. 5A-C), a first attachment portion (180; fig. 5A-C) with a part (130, 189; fig. 5A-C) which is engageable with a side part 15b and/or a central well 16 of a first wheel rim 10, and a second attachment portion (190; fig. 5A-C) with a part (140, 199; fig. 5A-C) which is engageable with a side part 35a and/or a central well 36 of a second wheel rim 30. The attachment portions may include profiled parts which are shaped to correspond with the profile of the side part of the corresponding wheel rim, e.g. including a plurality of concave portions with the same curvature as the sub-wells of the wheel rim (as in figures 4-5C). The attachment portions may include straight parts, e.g. to engage the central wheel well (see figures 4 and 5B-8). They may also include curved parts (484, 494; fig. 8) and/or inclined portions (160, 170; fig. 5A). Also claimed is a dual wheel arrangement including the attachment member 150 and two wheel rims 10, 30.
Wheel apparatus
2020-01-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge |