Apparatus and method for installing and removing wheel studs
US8689420B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53852
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wheel stud installing and removing system includes a C-frame; a forcing screw configured to communicate with the C-frame to move laterally through the C-frame; a swivel mounted on an end on the forcing screw; an adapter receiver mounted on an opposite end of the C-frame from the forcing screw, and configured to receive at least one of either a stud installing adapter and a stud removing adapter. A method of moving a stud includes: inserting one of either an installing adapter or a removing adapter into an adapter receiver on a C-frame; aligning a longitudinal axis of the adapter with a longitudinal axis of the stud; aligning the longitudinal axis of the stud with a longitudinal axis of a forcing screw; and turning the forcing screw.
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