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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1982
Donald L Gibson, Columbia, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
An indexing and locking assembly for a two or three piece truck tire rim and which rim presents at least a base and a locking ring which is attached to the base to complete the same for mounting of the tire upon the rim. Means are provided on the base for indexing the ring with respect to the base, there also being means on the base and cooperating with the indexing means for locking the ring on the base. The indexing and locking means correct for disparaties such as out of roundness of the base or ring; physical deformation of the ring; or a mismatch between the ring and the base to which it is being attached, all to the end that the ring is properly placed upon and attached to the base and will not unexpectedly detach from the base during handling of the truck tire and rim whereby to cause injury to persons or damage to property. The index means is in the form of a pair of spaced apart tabs located on one side of a gap in the ring, which is presented by a transverse split in the ring, and the locking means is in the form of a lug positioned on the opposite side of the gap, the tabs and the lug being spaced apart along the gutter which circumscribes the base as a part of the conventional base assembly. The ring has a pair of notches therein for receiving the tabs when the ring is being attached to the base and a slot therein for receiving the lug, the tabs and the lug each presenting a ramp on the normally uppermost face thereof to aid in positioning the ring on the base, the tab proximal to the gap and the lug each having the wall thereof which is adjacent the gap beveled and tapered inwardly whereby to guide the ring onto the base and insure that the ring is fully and properly seated within the gutter of the base.