Patent · US Expired

Washer element for a wheel bolt and/or wheel nut of a motor vehicle wheel

US6478521B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 2000
Grant dateNov 12, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B43/02
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A washer element for a wheel bolt and/or a wheel nut of a motor vehicle wheel is mounted with one end partially in a rounded cavity of a mounting hole for the wheel and the wheel bolt is supported on the other end of the element. The washer element consists of a sleeve part with an end area formed so that it is rounded, whereby in cross section the sleeve part itself has a profiled wall with a sleeve expansion and/or a sleeve contraction.

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