Patent · US Active

Wheel assemblies for motor vehicles

US11565546B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

8References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Hubertus von Chappuis · Bedburg, DE
Michael Bartel · Ormond Beach, US
Przemyslaw Tomasz Chrost · Cologne, DE
Premkumar Rajamanickam · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2019
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60B2900/911
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An example wheel assembly includes a wheel hub including a first bore having a first central axis, and a wheel including a second bore having a second central axis. The first central axis is offset from the second central axis. The example wheel assembly includes a wheel stud extending through the first bore and the second bore to couple the wheel and the wheel hub. The wheel stud has a first portion proximate to the first bore and a second portion proximate to the second bore. The example wheel assembly includes a wheel nut threaded onto the wheel stud. The first portion of the wheel stud is to move from a first position relative to an axis of rotation of the wheel hub to a second position relative to the axis of rotation when the wheel nut is tightened to fix the wheel to the wheel hub.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.