Wheel opening inserts and lug nut assemblies thereof for mountin

Details Wheel opening inserts and lug nut assemblies thereof for mountin Wheel opening inserts and lug nut assemblies thereof for mountin

1996-07-31

1998-01-27

Stormer, Russell D.

Land vehicles: wheels and axles

Wheel

Detachable wheel section

301 65, 411544, 411917, B60B 316

Patent

active

057115818

ABSTRACT:
Vehicle wheel inserts adapted to extend into the stud-receiving openings of a vehicle wheel and particularly, a non-ferrous vehicle wheel and lug nut assemblies thereof. The inserts are effectively stamped from sheet metal, and are relatively thin and light in weight. The inserts are uniquely designed so that the inserts can be permanently locked in the stud-receiving openings of the vehicle wheel. The inserts are preferably, although not necessarily, provided with a ring flange and the peripheral edge of this ring flange engages a shoulder-forming wall in the stud-receiving opening to tightly retain the insert within the stud-receiving opening. In accordance with this construction, the inserts may be provided with a depending skirt but which does not provide any locking function for securing the inserts in the stud receiving openings. Further, it is not necessary to provide any depending skirt on the insert whatsoever. Not only are the inserts permanently affixed within the stud-receiving openings, they will also operate to bear against the lug nuts. In this way, a spring-type loading is imposed on the lug nut preventing an unauthorized vibrational unwinding of the lug nut. The insert will deflect when tightened against the wheel opening by a lug nut to thereby provide a Belleville spring effect.

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