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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Wegmann Automotive Gmbh, Veitshöchheim, DE;
Inventor:
Markus Vogler, Würzburg, DE;
Assignee:
Wegmann automotive GmbH, Veitschöchheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/32 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); F16F 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/324 (2013.01); B25J 15/0608 (2013.01); F16F 15/345 (2013.01); F16F 2222/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balancing weight for balancing a wheel of a vehicle has a body of non-ferromagnetic material providing a major portion of the balancing weight's mass and a ferromagnetic inlay for holding the balancing weight by magnetic force. The ferromagnetic inlay provides a minor portion of the balancing weight's mass. A weight applicator has a magnet for interacting with the ferromagnetic inlay of the balancing weight and holding the balancing weight.