Wheel

US6598939B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventor

• Gerd Muller · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60B25/002
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Wheel, in particular, for a motor vehicle with a rim and a spider, where a bolted connection is provided in the area of transition from the rim to the spider, in which a bolt head or a nut on the outside acts in conjunction with a contact surface on the spider, where the bolted connection includes a spacer sleeve which, with one of its sides, acts in conjunction with the bolt head or the nut and, with its other side, with the contact surface in such a way that the bolt head or the nut projects above the outer surface of the spider.