Method of driving a wheeled vehicle, and vehicular driving wheel

Claim 1

IN A DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A WHEELED VEHICLE, IN COMBINATION: (A) A VEHICLE BODY; (B) WHEEL MEANS ROTATABLE ON SAID BODY ABOUT A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING AXIS; (C) A PLURALITY OF PNEUMATIC CHAMBERS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISTRIBUTED ABOUT SAID AXIS, SAID CHAMBERS HAVING RESPECTIVE WALL MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID WHEEL MEANS, AND RESPECTIVE WALL MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID WHEEL FROM THE CORRESPONDING MOUNTED WALL MEMBERS IN RADIALLY OUTWARD DIRECTION AND RADIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE SOME RESPONSIVE TO GAS PRESSURE IN THE RESPECTIVE CHAMBERS; (D) COMPRESSOR MEANS HAVING INTAKE MEANS AND DISCHARGE MEANS FOR CIRCULATING A GAS UNDER PRESSURE; (E) CONTROL VALVE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID COMPRESSOR MEANS AND SAID PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS FOR SEQUENTIALLY ADMITTING SAID GAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID DISCHARGE MEANS TO EACH CHAMBER AT A PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID CHAMBER DURING ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL MEANS, AND FOR VENTING SAID GAS FROM SAID CHAMBER TO SAID MEANS AT ANOTHER ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID CHAMBER; AND (F) A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID RING MEMBER OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION HAVING AN INTERNAL ANNULAR FACE, SAID OTHER WALL MEMBERS ENGAGING SAID INTERNAL FACE.