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

1994-01-27

1996-08-06

Stormer, Russell D.

Land vehicles: wheels and axles

Wheel

Compression wheel

301 3562, 411368, 411544, 411917, B60B 316

Patent

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055427537

ABSTRACT:
Vehicle wheel nut 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 uniquely designed so that the inserts can be permanently locked in the stud-receiving openings of the vehicle wheel. In one embodiment, the wheel inserts can be locked by means of an interference fit, and in another mode, the inserts can be locked by swaging and still further, the inserts may be locked by means of staking the inserts in the stud-receiving openings. 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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