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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Ronald Scott Friend, Jeffersonville, KY (US);
Robert Aaron Allex, Ewing, KY (US);
Brian McElroy, Winchester, KY (US);
David A. Britton, Florence, KY (US);
Billy D. Dooley, Irvine, KY (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle wheel torque brace for inhibiting rotation of a vehicle wheel includes a brace body including a relatively thick stopper portion and a relatively thin wedge portion that is stepped down in thickness relative to the wedge portion. The wedge portion decreases in thickness from one side of the brace body to an opposite side of the brace body. A contact pad is carried by the wedge portion. The contact pad and wedge portion are shaped and sized to be wedged between a tire of the vehicle wheel and a strut assembly to inhibit rotation of the vehicle wheel.