Wedge lock wheel assembly

Details Wedge lock wheel assembly Wedge lock wheel assembly

1975-04-18

1976-07-13

Kundrat, Andrew V.

Joints and connections

Interfitted members

Including separably interposed key

403104, 403370, 301 1, F16D 108, B60B 3704

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039690342

ABSTRACT:
A wedge lock wheel assembly for mounting a tire rim in which the assembly includes a hub rigidly attached to the rim having a chamber with a centerline substantially perpendicular to the disk, a plurality of stops and a plurality of pairs of paired ramps with a known hardness having complex angles relative to the disks, a plurality of sets of paired wedges positioned within the chamber capable of relative motion therebetween and having an aperture passing through each of said pairs, a generally flat and bottom surface, a slope top surface and a hardness greater than the hardness of the ramps, a plurality of restraining members for limiting the motion between sets of said wedge pairs, an axle having horizontal contact surfaces with a hardness greater than the hardness of the wedges and a plurality of connecting elements passing through said wedge apertures for establishing contact between said ramps and said slope surfaces and between said bottom surfaces and said contact surfaces.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3279831 (1966-10-01), Smelcer et al.
patent: 3404908 (1968-10-01), Palmer
patent: 3817580 (1974-06-01), Wilson

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