Torque angle limiting wheelnut

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1998-02-26

2000-08-15

Stormer, Russell D.

Land vehicles: wheels and axles

Wheel

Detachable wheel section

3011225, 411427, 411430, 411375, 411533, B60B 316

Patent

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061024880

ABSTRACT:
A wheelnut for securing a wheel to a motor vehicle axle. The wheelnut includes a body having a longitudinal axis, the nut body also having an axial threaded aperture and a pair of ends, one end being in the form of a conical external surface and the other end has wrench flats facilitating the application of torque forces through the wrench flats to the nut body. The wheel has a nut seat surface configured to receive the conical external surface in surface-to-surface engagement, so that a clamping force of increasing magnitude will be applied to the wheel at the seat in response to the application of torque force on the wheel nut. A flange on the body that is generally perpendicular to the axis forms a stop surface on the nut body extending radially outwardly of the conical surface engageable with the wheel in a position of the conical surface seated on the seat surface with force adequate to clamp the wheel prior to deformation of the wheelnut seat by the wheelnut in response to advance of the wheelnut against the seat.

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