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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:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry D Hardesty, Columbus, WI (US);
Wayne R Hutchison, Mayville, WI (US);
Richard D Teal, Horicon, WI (US);
Robert J Cleereman, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 / ; 301 / ; 3011 / ;
Abstract
A wheel hub and detachable wheel weight structure is provided for traction vehicles, such as lawn and garden tractors. The plastic hub includes a plurality of wedge shaped compartments formed in each side with adjacent compartments opening transversely to opposite sides of the hub. Separate weights are provided for the inside and outside of the hub, the weights having complementarily shaped wedge members receivable in the compartments opening to that side of the hub. Threaded fasteners secure the weights together for rotation with the hub.