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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1975
Edward M Gaul, Naperville, IL (US);
Aldo Allori, Brookfield, IL (US);
Thomas Hillstrom, Downers Grove, IL (US);
International Harvester Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A wedge lock wheel assembly for mounting a tire rim in which the assembly includes a hub rigidly attached to the rim having a chamber with a centerline substantially perpendicular to the disk, a plurality of stops and a plurality of pairs of paired ramps with a known hardness having complex angles relative to the disks, a plurality of sets of paired wedges positioned within the chamber capable of relative motion therebetween and having an aperture passing through each of said pairs, a generally flat and bottom surface, a slope top surface and a hardness greater than the hardness of the ramps, a plurality of restraining members for limiting the motion between sets of said wedge pairs, an axle having horizontal contact surfaces with a hardness greater than the hardness of the wedges and a plurality of connecting elements passing through said wedge apertures for establishing contact between said ramps and said slope surfaces and between said bottom surfaces and said contact surfaces.