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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Justin D. Sorum, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheel assembly may include a wheel body having a body portion, a center lug member operably coupled to the wheel body for rotation to alternately tighten or loosen the wheel body with respect to a wheel hub of a vehicle on which the wheel body is mountable, and a lever arm having a storage position in or proximate to the wheel body and an operating position to which the lever arm is moved from the storage position to enable the center lug member to be rotated responsive to rotation of the lever arm.