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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Eberhard Becker, Hagen, DE;
Andreas Duhme, Witten, DE;
Udo Gersemsky, Herdecke, DE;
Winfried Gievers, Wetter, DE;
Ingo Grassmann, Wetter, DE;
Frank Hildebrandt, Wetter, DE;
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Schwerte, DE;
Gregor Jansen, Bottrop, DE;
Karl Knaack, Dortmund, DE;
Hans-Hermann Osthoff, Wetter, DE;
Thomas Schweflinghaus, Wuppertal, DE;
Roland Staggl, Wetter, DE;
Manfred Stober, Witten, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a running wheel for traveling units which are movable on rails, especially for traveling cranes. The running wheel includes an outer running ring, a resilient damping hub inserted in central opening of the running ring. The hub transmits torque received from a drive shaft to the running ring. The resilient damping hub effectively intercepts occurring torque peaks forward of the gear unit and drive shaft, by elastically deforming while maintaining a connection at the central opening of the running ring without play.