ROAD WHEEL Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B62D55/14 

FIELD: trackless land vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a light-weight road wheel for use in tracked or semi-tracked vehicles, which can be made as a whole from a single blank or made from a plurality of parts. Road wheel (100) comprises mounting disc (110), dish-shaped transitional wall (120), rim (130) with annular cylindrical wall (135) attached along first rim edge (137) to the edge of the transitional wall, and stiffening flange (150) protruding from annular cylindrical wall (135) of the rim along second edge (139) of the rim opposite first edge (137) of the rim. Wall thickness of flange (150) is smaller at one end and larger at the widest point. Flange (150) provides a radial support for second edge (139) of the rim of cylindrical wall (135) for resistance to deformation. Also disclosed is a road wheel assembly for a tracked vehicle comprising a pair of said road wheels in which the first road wheel is an inner road wheel and the second road wheel is an outer road wheel.

EFFECT: technical result is the creation of road wheels having a lower weight, but with comparable or higher strength and durability, which can also be easily manufactured.

20 cl, 18 dwg