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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Lindsay Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Korus, Lindsay, NE (US);
Jochen Pfrenger, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lindsay Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/10 (2006.01); A01G 25/09 (2006.01); B60B 3/04 (2006.01); B60C 7/24 (2006.01); B60B 25/02 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60B 25/00 (2006.01); B60C 7/08 (2006.01); B60C 17/04 (2006.01); B60B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 7/10 (2013.01); A01G 25/09 (2013.01); A01G 25/092 (2013.01); B60B 3/04 (2013.01); B60B 25/002 (2013.01); B60B 25/02 (2013.01); B60C 7/24 (2013.01); B60C 11/0311 (2013.01); B60B 15/025 (2013.01); B60B 2900/212 (2013.01); B60B 2900/541 (2013.01); B60C 7/08 (2013.01); B60C 17/041 (2013.01); Y10T 152/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A wheel assembly comprising a rigid wheel including a radially outer rim wall presenting a polygonal shape with a plurality of outermost vertices connecting a plurality of planar faces, and a flexible tire mounted on the outer rim wall. The tire is supported by the vertices of the rim wall and is separated from the rim faces by a space, portions of the tire located between the vertices being configured to flex inwardly when subject to ground engaging pressure.