Wheel for an in-line skate

• US 6,902,240 B1
• Filed: 01/16/2004
• Issued: 06/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chia-Yen Lin
• Original Assignee: Chia-Yen Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Chia-Yen
• Primary Examiner(s): Jules, Frantz F.
• Application Number:
  US10/758,986
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 301/64.701, 301/64.702, 301/64.703, 301/64.704, 301/64.705, 301/64.706, 301/64.1, 301/5.3, 301/63.1, 152/310, 152/311, 152/47, 152/48, 152/49, 152/50, 152/165, 152/327, 152/328, 16/45, 16/46, 16/47
• US Class Current: 301/64.201
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/223 Wheel hubs

Abstract

A wheel for an in-line skate includes a hub composed of two halves. Each half has a centrally defined axle hole, a hollow cylinder formed on a periphery defining the axle hole, multiple rods formed on the inner side face, multiple indents defined in the inner side face and alternate relative to the rods, multiple segmented protrusions formed on a face of the skirt, multiple cutouts defined in the face of the skirt and alternate relative to the segmented protrusions and slits defined in the face of the skirt and a tire securely mounted on an outer periphery of the hub. Thus the rods from one half are inserted into the indents of the other half and the segmented protrusions from one half are inserted into the cutouts of the other half and the assembly of the wheel is accomplished.

Claims

1. A wheel for an in-line skate, the wheel comprising:

a hub composed of two halves each having an inner side face and a conical outer side face, each half having a centrally defined axle hole, a hollow cylinder formed on a periphery defining the axle hole, multiple rods formed on the inner side face, multiple indents defined in the inner side face and alternate relative to the rods and a skirt formed on the outer periphery of the inner side face and having multiple segmented protrusions formed on a face of the skirt, multiple cutouts defined in the face of the skirt and alternate relative to the segmented protrusions and slits defined in the face of the skirt; and

a tire securely mounted on an outer periphery of the hub, whereby the rods from one half are inserted into the indents of the other half and the segmented protrusions from one half are inserted into the cutouts of the other half and the assembly of the wheel is accomplished.

2. The wheel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rods and the indents are formed on a top face of the hollow cylinder and the indents are alternate relative to the rods.

3. The wheel as claimed in claim 2 further having multiple reinforcing plates each formed along an outer periphery of the hollow cylinder and extended to an outer periphery of the inner side face.

4. The wheel as claimed in claim 1, wherein multiple secondary cylinders are formed on the inner side face of each of the two halves and the rods and the indents are formed on free ends of the secondary cylinders.

5. The wheel as claimed in claim 4 further having multiple reinforcing plates each formed along an outer periphery of the hollow cylinder and extended to an outer periphery of the inner side face.

6. The wheel as claimed in claim 1 further having multiple reinforcing plates each formed along an outer periphery of the hollow cylinder and extended to an outer periphery of the inner side face.