Innovations in Manufacturing Durable Skateboards

A skateboard wheel tire that provides improved comfort, shock absorption, durability, and visual customization compared to traditional skateboard wheels. It uses a split structure with multiple parts. The main annular cover tire and connectors are made of the same material for consistent hardness. Embedded parts fill the gaps and are made of the same material but can have different colors and hardnesses. This allows customization and optimizing properties like comfort without sacrificing durability.

A torque-strengthening device for land surfboard adapters that uses obliquely arranged tension springs to improve stability and prevent breakage compared to conventional torsion springs.

Skateboard deck construction with improved torsional rigidity and durability compared to conventional skateboard decks. The deck has elongated waveforms along its length that cross over or under the grain of an adjacent layer. This meandering waveform reinforcement distributes stress concentrations and increases rigidity in multiple directions, enhancing performance and durability without adding excessive weight.

A skateboard truck with improved turning control and reduced risk of kingpin impacts. The truck has a recessed nut embedded in the baseplate and an inverted kingpin orientation where the threaded end faces the deck bottom. This allows tightening the kingpin to control truck tightness while lowering the exposed kingpin end closer to the baseplate. The recessed nut prevents kingpin movement. This design provides clearance between the kingpin end and the ground to avoid impacts that could stop the board suddenly.

A high-performance skateboard with defined dimensions, weight, and flex characteristics that is durable and can withstand the forces of skateboard tricks. The skateboard has a carbon fiber layer sandwiched between wood layers for strength and flex. The carbon fiber is strategically located to reinforce areas prone to breakage like the center and mounting holes. The wood layers are laminated with glue under pressure.

A skateboard deck design that allows the front and rear wheels to stably contact a 3D road surface while ensuring usability and operability. The deck has multiple board materials with a central wood board narrower in width than the outer wood boards. The narrower central wood board reduces torsional rigidity. Fiber-reinforced plastic boards are added above and below the wood core. The plastic boards extend fully but the wood boards narrow at the center. This reduces torsional rigidity at the center, allowing twist while maintaining overall deck width and stability. The plastic boards also fill the remaining gaps around the wood core.

A removable cover for skateboards that can be easily attached and removed to change the look or performance of the skateboard. The cover has a stretchable top piece and rigid or semi-rigid side pieces that securely affix to the skateboard deck. It can be placed on the deck and stretched tight over the sides to cover and protect the skateboard.

Skateboard top construction using a plurality of hardwood veneers in which sections of the 3rd and 5th veneer plies adjacent to the impact areas at the ends of the major axis are replaced with a non-grain, omnidirectional strength material. This strengthens those vulnerable areas against compressive forces from impacts. The replacement material can be a composite, plastic, metal, or any material with good tensile and compressive strength regardless of grain orientation.

Skateboard truck base plates with stronger overall structure and components to increase safety and reliability while reducing maintenance costs. The base plates have pivot cups with uninterrupted outer surfaces, which prevents structural failure due to overtightening. The improved pivot cup design eliminates structural weak points where traditional cups can crack.

A kit for converting a snowboard into a long skateboard by adding trucks and support structures. The conversion kit allows a snowboard to be used as a skateboard, combining the stability and vibration-damping of a snowboard with the maneuverability and portability of a skateboard. The kit involves adding skateboard truck assemblies and support structures made of flexible materials to reinforce the longer snowboard.

Electric personal vehicle with a composite board having a spine made of hardwood and sides made of vibration-dampening, high-density foam. The mix of materials provides a lightweight and durable board with good vibration-damping properties. The vehicle has electric motors, wheels, and batteries to support personal transportation needs. The composite board design provides a strong yet lightweight platform for the vehicle.

Method for manufacturing skateboard decks, comprising: 1. Recycling high quality “hard rock maple” wood and reducing waste from skateboard deck manufacturing. 2. Synthesizing recycled wood fiber veneer using a composition of polyvinyl acetate adhesive, liquid cross-link catalyst, recycled hard rock maple wood fibers, and water. 3. Pressing and shaping the recycled wood fiber veneer layers in a mold to form a skateboard deck. 4. Curing the deck in the mold to harden the adhesive and create a strong, durable skateboard deck using recycled materials.

Skateboard truck base plates with stronger overall structure to prevent failure and increase safety and reliability. The base plates have pivot cups with uninterrupted outer surfaces that surround the locking key and wave cam components. This prevents structural failure of the pivot cups during the overtightening of the kingpin.

Highly maneuverable, controllable, lightweight skateboard trucks that enable skateboard riders to execute maneuvers and tricks that would otherwise require a much higher skill level. The trucks have features like an in-line pivot configuration, customizable hanger widths, enhanced negative rake, and improved bushing seats to provide optimal turning and stability. The inline pivot reduces interference between components for smoother turning. The customizable hanger widths allow riders to match truck width to deck width for better control. The enhanced negative rake angle further improves turning responsiveness. The improved bushing seats prevent bushing displacement and provide consistent, thrust-bearing-like pivot action.

A skateboard shock-absorbing bushing with multiple layers of plastic materials with different hardness values. The flexible exterior layer provides cushioning and shock absorption while the stiffer core layer provides stability and return to center. The layers are visually distinct and can have different colors for aesthetic appeal.

Shock-absorbing skateboard bushing made of two plastic layers with different hardnesses. The inner layer has a higher value of hardness while the outer layer has a lower value. This creates a bushing with a stiff core and flexible cladding. The layers are coupled together to form a unified unitary bushing.