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Class 301/35.623 - Lug nut


Subclass of Class 301 - Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Definition: Subject matter including a threaded means intended to
No. of patents: 19
Last issue date: 08/05/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7407354Corrosion-resistant metal fasteners and stud inserts
In the trucking industry, a wheel stud having a recess at either end to accommodate a sacrificial insert of metal higher in the electromotive series of metals than the metals of the wheel stud assembly, the lug and the components joined thereby and being of sufficie...
08/05/2008
7290838Vehicle wheel
A vehicle wheel comprises a rim (172) and a disk section (171) separate from the rim. Since the disk section is separate from the rim, the freedom of designing the disk section is improved. The rim comprises an outer rim (178) and an inner rim (...
11/06/2007
7228935Attachment pin for an exhaust-gas muffler
The invention relates to an attachment pin (1) for fixing an exhaust-gas muffler (2) in an apparatus part (4) of a portable handheld work apparatus (5) driven by an internal combustion engine. The exhaust-gas muffler (2) includes e...
06/12/2007
7172380Wheel nut assembly
A wheel nut assembly includes a stud (1), a main wheel nut (4) mountable on threads (3) provided on the stud, and a retaining nut (6) engageable with threads (5) provided on the stud to prevent accidental loosening of the wheel nut...
02/06/2007
6935825Wheel nut and fastening element
The present invention relates to a wheel nut (10) having a nut body (11) with a widened radial collar (12) and a thrust washer (13) which is held rotatably and captively on the nut body (11) by a locking means (16), and havi...
08/30/2005
6575536Bolt structure for fastening a truck wheel
A bolt structure is designed to fasten together a hub, an inner wheel rim, and an outer wheel rim of a motor vehicle wheel. The bolt structure includes a bolt body, an inner nut, an outer nut, and a protective cap. The bolt body has a large diametrical se...
06/10/2003
6478521Washer element for a wheel bolt and/or wheel nut of a motor vehicle wheel
A washer element for a wheel bolt and/or a wheel nut of a motor vehicle wheel is mounted with one end partially in a rounded cavity of a mounting hole for the wheel and the wheel bolt is supported on the other end of the element. The washer element consis...
11/12/2002
6106077Wheel bolt
A wheel bolt for a a vehicle wheel has a shaft with a torque applying head and a threaded section. A rotatable supporting ring is disposed between the head and threaded section, which supporting ring has a spherical construction with a contact area for co...
08/22/2000
6102488Torque angle limiting wheelnut
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...
08/15/2000
6092968Fastener structure
A fastener comprising an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and an outer surface and first and second ends, a separate seating configuration on the first end, a ridge extending circumferentially about the body adjacent to the seating configuration,...
07/25/2000
6039408Break-away lug nut positioner
A break-away lug nut positioner for holding lug nuts on a race car wheel to facilitate more rapid tire changes during pit stops. The break-away lug nut positioner includes a spacer that supports a lug nut at a proper distance over a mounting hole of a rac...
03/21/2000
5988761Vehicle brake and hub attachment system and method
A wheel end hub assembly for a motor vehicle incorporating mechanical retention features. The assembly accurately and positively orients the motor vehicle brake component, such as a disc brake rotor or brake drum with respect to its wheel hub. Accordingly...
11/23/1999
5884980Vehicle brake and hub attachment system and method
A wheel end hub assembly for a motor vehicle incorporating mechanical retention features. The assembly accurately and positively orients the motor vehicle brake component, such as a disc brake rotor or brake drum with respect to its wheel hub. Accordingly...
03/23/1999
5797659Lug nut apparatus with square drive
A cylindrical lug nut is formed with a threaded axially inwardly opening bore and a concentric chamfer for abutting the chamfer and the lug nut bore of a wheel and an axially outwardly opening lug socket for complemental receipt of a square drive lug for ...
08/25/1998
5188429Fabricated wheel having a radially inwardly extending disc face
A fabricated vehicle wheel wherein a separately formed mounting cup is secured to a back surface of a disc face, and wherein the disc face extends radially inwardly to substantially cover a lug mounting area formed in the mounting cup. The inwardly extend...
02/23/1993
4708397Motor vehicle wheel mounting means and method
For mounting relatively thick wheels ("mag" wheels, etc.) on the hubs of motor vehicles, a sleeve is provided, internally threaded to screw onto the mounting stud, and externally formed as a smooth cylinder dimensioned to fit snugly in the stud hole of th...
11/24/1987
4277107Security bolts for trailer wheels
A conventional set of dual wheels having rims with tires thereon are effectively locked on a wheel hub mounted on the end of an axle on a trailer chassis by replacing two of the studs and hexagonal nuts, normally provided for holding the dual wheels on th...
07/07/1981
4169630Sheet metal nut
A one-piece sheet metal nut particularly adapted to be clamped against a plastic workpiece to accommodate any cold flow of the plastic under the clamping force without appreciably reducing the tension in the joint thus created. The nut incorporates an inn...
10/02/1979
3960047Dual size lug nut
A dual size lug nut for securing an automobile wheel to a hub. From a central head portion of the nut, threaded shanks extend in opposite direction. The two shanks have different threads. Thus the nut may be screwed onto either of two sizes of stud bolts,...
06/01/1976
 
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