US 12,280,622 B2
Wheel and movable object including the same
Sun Myoung Jo, Ansan-si (KR); Jin Choi, Seoul (KR); and Hoon Chung, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and MOBINN INC., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and MOBINN Inc., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,186.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0072381 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388339 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 7/14 (2006.01); B60B 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 7/146 (2021.08) [B60B 9/28 (2013.01); B60B 2900/313 (2013.01); B60B 2900/551 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel comprising:
a frame configured to rotate about an axial direction;
an absorber coupled to a side of the frame in a radially outward direction; and
a connector connecting the absorber and the frame, wherein a guide member of the connector is movable only along the radially outward direction and a radially inward direction of the frame, and a first connection member of the connector is rotatable on a plane that crosses the axial direction,
wherein the first connection member includes a first opening opened toward the radially outward direction, and is connected to the frame to be independently rotatable; and
wherein the guide member has a portion inserted into the first opening, the guide member extending along the radially outward direction, having a distal end in the radially outward direction connected to the absorber, and being movable only along the radially outward direction and the radially inward direction with respect to the first connection member.