Permobil Ab

Benny Tenggren

Urban Lind

Herbert Van De Wal

Erik Kalf

The present disclosure relates to a caster wheel assembly () for a wheelchair, comprising: a caster housing (), a central body () having a radially outwards extending flange (), which central body () is configured to be received by the caster housing (), a spindle shaft () configured to be rotationally locked relative to the central body (), a first bearing () having an inner bearing race () configured to be rotationally locked relative to the spindle shaft (), a friction member () configured to be rotationally locked relative to the caster housing (), and a resilient member () configured to be arranged between the flange () and the friction member (), and configured to provide a force between the flange () and the friction member () to thereby create friction torque between the caster housing () and the spindle shaft ().

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Sundsvall, Sweden

Benny Tenggren