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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sadaaki Natori, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
224 4224 ; 224 4212 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a clamping apparatus for installing a spare tire on a vehicle body. The clamping apparatus includes a bracket provided on the body; a retainer for pressing the spare tire in the direction of the body; a bolt having on its distal end side a first screwing portion for engaging with the bracket and on its proximal side a second screwing portion for engaging with the pressing member; and a stopper provided on the proximal end side of the first screwing portion. The frictional resistance of the first screwing portion is formed such as to be smaller than that of the second screwing portion.