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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438366 | Replacement wheel and contact ring therefor A replacement wheel, wheel disc or object is adapted to substantially replicate a mounting pad pattern of a wheel, wheel disc or object to be replaced. An annular arrangement of raised mounting pads provides a pattern of mounting pads proximate a circle of a given d... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7419226 | Wheel hub adaptor A vehicle wheel assembly includes a hub adaptor that eliminates the need for a separate hub cap and gasket by providing wheel rim, wheel hub, and brake component attachment interfaces, as well as a lubrication chamber that can be visually inspected to monitor lubric... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7303239 | Connection device for connecting a rim to a wheel hub Connection device (10) for connecting a rim (20) to a wheel hub (30) presenting a peripheral connecting outline (11), which is integral with a support body (31) of the wheel hub (30), and a complementary connecting outline (... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287819 | Vehicle wheel and adapter A vehicle wheel adapter system for mounting different wheel hubs with protruding lugs, while allowing for quick assembly and disassembly can comprise a rim having a periphery for supporting a tire, a web plate for mounting on the opposed side of the rim, a plurality... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7210748 | Motorcycle hub adapter A motorcycle hub adapter for shaft driven motorcycles that permits a user to mount any custom wheel to a shaft driven motorcycle assembly. The adapter includes a housing that has a substantially hemispherical shape with a convex side with an opposite relatively flat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7040714 | Composite wheel and method for manufacturing the same A composite wheel and a method of manufacture is provided for a vehicle wherein the composite wheel has a first and second section mounted to an annular mount. At least one of the first wheel section and second wheel section is composed of a resin having at least on... | 05/09/2006 |
| RE38779 | Wheel and adapter A wheel adapter that adapts a conventional vehicle hub to a wheel having a large inward offset, thereby permitting the original wheel track of the vehicle to be changed to match the width of a railroad track so the tires of the vehicle will sit on the railroad track... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6685275 | Axle extension device An axle extension device includes a circular extender plate having a plurality of bores adapted to receive the mounting studs of a vehicle hub therethrough. A number of stud bolts equal to the number of mounting studs extend outwardly from the extender pl... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6663187 | Wheel ornamentation and adapter A free wheeling spinner is mounted on a wheel by means of an adapter for accommodating wheels with similar bolt patterns and varying diameters. The spinner is mounted to the adapter by means of a bearing of inner and outer races secured respectively to th... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6626502 | Wheel adaptor plate system A wheel adaptor plate system for permitting mounting of a wheel rim onto a hub having a different lug bolt pattern. The wheel adaptor plate system includes a plate member comprising a plurality of mounting apertures extending through the plate member. The... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6238009 | Wheel and adapter A wheel adapter that adapts a conventional vehicle hub to a wheel having a large inward offset, thereby permitting the original wheel track of the vehicle to be changed to match the width of a railroad track so the tires of the vehicle will sit on the rai... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5785391 | Wheel adapter A wheel adapter for mounting a wheel on a vehicle having a plurality of wheel mounting studs arranged in a bolt circle of a given diameter on a wheel hub, the wheel having a plurality of holes arranged in a bolt circle of a diameter substantially differen... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5671932 | Camera crane A camera crane for use in motion picture and television productions, has a mast on a wheeled chassis. A weight bucket on the chassis around the mast securely holds counterweights used to balance arm. The steering section of the mobile base can be pivoted ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5362134 | Motor-vehicle wheel Wheel structure for mounting a tire to a hub-supporting drum of a motor vehicle includes a wheel, a spacer flange interposed between a hub of the wheel and the hub-supporting drum of the motor vehicle, and an adapting flange by which the hub of the wheel ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 4944562 | Wire wheel hub adapter apparatus A wire wheel hub adapter apparatus is set forth wherein a wire wheel formed with an internally splined hub securable by a threaded hub to an associated axle is adaptable to a conventional stud pattern of an associated wheel by use of the instant invention... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4718732 | Wheel adapter An adapter for facilitating a mounting of one or more wheels on a vehicle wheel hub having plural externally threaded wheel studs of a finite length secured thereon. The adapter has a cylindrical adapter body with plural parallel holes extending therethro... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4585276 | Single and dual wheel configuration for vehicles A wheel and hub adapter provides the use of a common wheel structure in either single or dual wheel configurations for a camper, truck or the like. The wheel is reversible for front and rear axle use and includes a large precision sized center aperture wi... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4537449 | Vehicle wheel attaching device A vehicle wheel attaching device for removably attaching general-road traveling wheels to the hubs of a vehicle by utilizing an independent adapter in such a manner as to enable transmission of torque. The adapter is made approximately in the form of a to... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4478458 | Locking and anti-loosening construction for vehicle rim A rim mounting construction including a hollow hub mounting shaft having an apertured annular flange for mounting on rim mounting lugs, a spoked rim having a hub, interfitting splines on the hub and the hub mounting shaft, a hub securing nut having a shou... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4473258 | Dual wheel adapter kit An adapter kit for changing a single wheel mounting on a vehicle to a dual wheel mounting and comprising a sleeve adapted to be positioned against the outer surface of the single wheel in substantial axial alignment with the wheel axle and extending outwa... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4165904 | Wheel adaptor device An adaptor bolt to permit fitting wheels having a given bolt hole circle diameter to wheel studs having a different circle diameter. The kit is made up of a plurality of adaptor bolts each comprising an internally threaded bore located eccentrically in th... | 08/28/1979 |
| 3988038 | Universal wheel system A universal wheel system which will accomodate a variety of lug bolt configuration radii described by a series of lug bolts extending from a vehicle's standard brake drum and hub assembly thus enabling attachment of the wheel and an associated tire.... | 10/26/1976 |
