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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6095617 | Integrated wheel and wheel hub assembly, particularly for a vehicle Integrated wheel and wheel hub assembly for a vehicle, including a wheel hub (3), a wheel (2), carried by the wheel hub (3), a suspension mount (5) to connect the wheel hub (3) to the vehicle body, a rolling bearing, interposed between the wheel hub (3) a... | 08/01/2000 |
| 4902074 | Spacer block A spacer block for dual inner and outer tire carrying rims having a medial portion with a depending keeper tang for selective positioning within a keeper groove on the spoke ends of a wheel.... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4443039 | Trailer wheel adaptable to automobile hubs A wheel structure adaptable for use on a trailer or an automobile hub including a spoked member having at least three spokes, each of the spokes being adapted to contact a rim on which a rubber tire may be mounted, the spoked member having a series of out... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4426116 | Tire rim and spoke arrangement to discourage tire theft A rim supporting a tire thereon has facing projecting portions along a mounting rim thereon and one of these portions has a recess fitting a raised portion on an outer peripheral face of one of a plurality of spokes on a spoke assembly on which the rim is... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4425004 | Banded vehicle hub Prior art truck hub has central boss with central axis, a plurality of spokes extending from the boss, and webs extending between the spokes. End faces of spokes commonly crack and by using method of repair the hub can be salvaged by removing from outer e... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4379597 | Edge lugged tire carrying rims, wheels and fastening assemblies Edge lugged tire carrying rims are locked by fastening assemblies on the spoke members of a vehicle wheel. The rim lugs project radially from a base edge portion carrying a removable bead flange and have an axially inwardly projecting curved body portion ... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4371213 | Edge lugged tire carrying rim and wheel Dual tire carrying rims seated and locked on a vehicle wheel by fastening assemblies. A wheel has spoke members with dimensioned fellow surfaces for mating engagement with coacting surfaces on a plurality of radially inwardly projecting clamp lugs. A rim ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4371212 | Wheel rim bolt attachment Replaceable T-head bolt for attaching a wheel rim to a wheel body are mounted in the body with the head positioned in a U-shaped recess having side surfaces and a bottom wall through which the bolt shaft extends. A washer on the bolt is held by a cotter p... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4243269 | Edge lugged tire carrying rim and wheels Tire carrying rims seated and locked on vehicle wheels by fastening assemblies. A wheel has spoke members with dimensioned felloe surfaces for mating engagement with a radially inclined surface on a rim base edge portion and for coaction with a series of ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4162105 | Base flanged tire carrying rims, wheels and fastening assemblies Base flanged tire carrying rims are locked by fastening assemblies on the spoke members of a vehicle wheel. The rim mounting flanges project radially from a base portion between dual bead flanges and have a medial portion with a radially inclined surface ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4129336 | Base flanged tire carrying rim and wheel Tire carrying rims seated and locked on vehicle wheels by fastening assemblies or means. A wheel has spoke members with dimensioned felloe surfaces for mating engagement with coacting surfaces on radially inwardly projecting mounting flanges integrally at... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4124051 | Shock absorbing wheel hub Disclosed is a shock absorbing wheel hub for attachment to the axle of a vehicle. The hub has a central flange portion and an annular rim. The rim has a pair of spaced mounting surfaces formed on the periphery thereof for attaching a pair of pneumatic tir... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4116489 | Lock ring flanged tire carrying rim and wheel Tire carrying rims seated and locked on vehicle wheels by fastening assemblies. A wheel has spoke members with dimensioned felloe surfaces for mating engagement with coacting surfaces on the base edge portion of a rim having an annular lock ring formed in... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4090737 | Agricultural spoke wheel An improved wheel construction for agricultural apparatus, such as wheel-move irrigation pipe lines, has a hub and an annular rim joined by spokes releasably attached at their ends to the hub and rim in a manner such that the wheel may be knocked down or ... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4065186 | Dual flanged wide base tire carrying rim and wheel A wide base drop center rim seated and locked by fastening assemblies on a vehicle wheel. A wheel has two series of spoke members with dimensioned felloe surfaces for mating engagement with coacting surfaces on two axially spaced-apart radially inwardly p... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4046425 | Wheel A wheel comprises a sheet metal rim of radially outwardly open, generally U-shaped cross-section, a central portion extending around a hub and a plurality of spoke portions extending radially outwardly from the central portion to the rim. Each of the spok... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4008923 | Rim, wheel and fastening means assembly A rim, wheel and fastening assembly. The rim has radially outwardly directed bead flanges and a radially inwardly projecting mounting flange with an axially extending portion attached to the rim between the bead flanges. The rim mounting flange has a radi... | 02/22/1977 |
