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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996

Filed:

Dec. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:

Jay D White, Galesburg, MI (US);

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301-63 ; 301-691 ; 1882 / ;
Abstract

A vehicle wheel for supporting a tire and attached to a brake drum having a multiplicity of pin-fins extending from a surface of the wheel to increase the surface area available for convective heat transfer into the surrounding airflow thereby increasing the rate of conductive heat transfer from the brake drum for a resultant decrease in the operating temperature of the tire, wheel and brake drum with an attendant increase in performance and service life.


Find Patent Forward Citations

White, Jay. (1996). Vehicle wheel and brake assembly with enhanced convective heat transfer (U.S. Patent No. 5551761). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5551761

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