Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Caster with a breaking unit
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Application No.: US18173412Application Date: 2023-02-23
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Publication No.: US12083824B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Po-Chuan Tsai
- Applicant: JENP-JOU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Tainan
- Assignee: JENP-JOU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: JENP-JOU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Tainan
- Agency: MUNCY, GEISSLER, OLDS & LOWE, P.C.
- Priority: TW 1214266 2022.12.23
- Main IPC: B60B33/00
- IPC: B60B33/00

Abstract:
A caster includes a caster unit and at least one braking unit. The caster unit includes a receptacle, a wheel shaft disposed through the receptacle, a wheel assembly sleeved on the wheel shaft and rotatable relative to the receptacle, and a spring assembly which acts on the receptacle and the wheel shaft. The receptacle is movable relative to the wheel assembly in a vertical direction. The braking unit includes a surrounding teeth structure formed on the wheel assembly and having a hardness ranging from 65 to 75 on a Shore D scale, and a braking piece mounted on the receptacle. The braking piece includes a braking surface in form of a curve surface having a hardness ranging from 40 to 46 on the Shore D scale to be engaged with the surrounding teeth structure to retard rotation of the wheel assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240208265A1 CASTER WITH A BREAKING UNIT Public/Granted day:2024-06-27
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