Patent · US Expired

WHEEL SAFETY LOCK

US3944285A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 23, 1973
Grant dateMar 16, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 23, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B2200/403
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The wheel safety lock comprises a hollow hub cylinder which is engagable on to a wheel hub, a diameter web and means disposed on the wheel lock for retaining the hub cylinder on a wheel hub. Means for locking the hub cylinder to a wheel hub include holes in the diameter web through which fasteners may be engaged into the wheel hub, threads on the interior terminal sidewalls of the cylinder hub, and a mechanically actuated diameter web assembly having movable lug arms which are engagable with recesses in a wheel hub.

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