VEHICLE WHEEL Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: vehicle wheel has hub coupled with rim by means of resilient member. Resilient member is made in form of spring whose axis is bent over circumference and coils have form of circle with diametrically arranged rectilinear sections hinge-coupled at least in each point of contact of coils with hub and rim. Rim is made of metallic and elastic closed belts coupled with each other. Rim can be made of hinge-coupled metallic sections with flexible inserts fitted in slots with pitch equal to pitch of hinge connection of spring coils on rim. Spring coils can have shape of elliptinc Cassini's oval or shape of Cassini's oval with "waist". EFFECT: enhanced cross-country capacity of wheel. 6 cl, 14 dwg