B - Operations – Transporting – 62 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B62D 65/12 (2006.01) B60B 23/10 (2006.01) B60B 27/00 (2006.01) F16B 31/00 (2006.01) F16B 31/06 (2006.01) F16B 35/04 (2006.01) F16B 35/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2636141
One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a wheel hub stress reduction system for retaining a wheel on a vehicle using wheel nuts. The system includes a hub moon having a mounting portion defining a plurality of holes, and a plurality of threaded connectors each received by one of the holes. A maximum tensile stress region is produced in the hub when said connector is tensioned by a wheel nut threadably engaged therewith. The maximum tensile stress region lies beyond a hub radius which bisects said one of the holes. Another embodiment of the present invention is direct it to a method of reducing stress on a wheel hub retaining a wheel on a vehicle using wheel nuts.
Brasch Mark R.
Orey Gary L.
Consolidated Metco Inc.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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