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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew B. Rutman, Canton, MI (US);
William Reese Cherry, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 43/00 (2006.01); B62D 43/02 (2006.01); B60R 9/06 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 43/02 (2013.01); B60R 9/06 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0084 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to mount a wheel in multiple positions on a vehicle body. An example apparatus includes a bracket having a first post extending therefrom and an aperture spaced from the first post, the first post to slidably receive one of a plurality of fastener apertures in a vehicle wheel, the aperture of the bracket to receive a fastener extending through a respective other one of the fastener apertures to hold the wheel to a vehicle body in at least two different positions.