Drum and wheel centering sleeve, kit and method
Patent 7111909 Issued on September 26, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 21, 2025. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 21, 2025. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 1889837 2352487 2877054 3049379 Wheel adaptor device Dual wheel adapter kit Motor vehicle wheel mounting means and method Wheel adapter Wheeled vehicle tire wheel mounting aid Heat transfer preventing lug hole sleeve inserts for a plastic wheel InventorApplicationNo. 10905819 filed on 01/21/2005US Classes:301/35.627, Centering means301/35.632, Lug bolt opening reinforcement29/273, Auto wheel with auto chassis301/9.1, Detachable wheel section301/35.625, Lug nut engaging wheel element301/6.1, With drive or brake attachment301/35.631, Variable bolt patterns accommodating means (e.g., inserts)301/36.1, Dual wheels301/6.91, Having vibration damper or heat insulator29/402.08Replacing of defective partExaminersPrimary: Bellinger, Jason R.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB60B 25/00B25B 27/14 AbstractA drum and wheel-centering sleeve disclosed for vehicle drum and wheels having apertures of uniform diameter is a set of three that are threaded on three circumferentially spaced hub bolts on which a wheel drum is mounted to center the wheel drum. The sleeve has a hollow sleeve body with a drum-centering portion with a first exterior surface of uniform diameter and a wheel-centering portion with a second exterior surface of uniform diameter the wheel centering portion being of a smaller diameter than the drum centering portion. A set of three sleeves are threaded on bolts at twelve, four and eight o'clock positions with drum centering portion in associated drum apertures to center the drum on the hub. The wheel is mounted with wheel apertures on the wheel-centering portions of the three centering sleeves to center the wheel on the hub. | |
