A wheel assembly comprising a wheel (5) for a wheelchair (1), a gripping ring (6) connected to the wheel, and a gear-shift arrangement (7; 10; 40; 70); the wheel being provided with a wheel axle (17; 47; 77); the gear-shift arrangement being configured to change a gear ratio between the wheel and the gripping ring; the gear-shift arrangement comprising an internal-gear hub (8; 16; 46; 76) comprising a number of internal gears (18, 18′, 18″; 48, 48′, 48″; 78, 78′, 78″), a shift member (15; 45; 75), and a gear selector (9; 11; 41; 71) located on the same side of the wheel as the gripping ring, wherein the gear selector is operatively connected to the shift member (15; 45; 75) that is axially moveable within the internal-gear hub to engage a specific gear of said number of internal gears, and that the gear selector has an inner base portion (12; 42; 72) and an outer handle portion (13; 43; 73) and extends radially away from the wheel axle.


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    Title :

    Gear-shift arrangement for a wheelchair wheel


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-01-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / B62M RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES , Antrieb von Radfahrzeugen oder Schlitten durch den Fahrer



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