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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Kazuhiro Shimura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Kazuhiro Shimura, Hiratsuka, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for fixing an installation object on a wheel, which are enabled to restrain rotation of a housing caused by a tightening torque of a worm screw, and to thereby prevent breakage of the housing. The apparatus for fixing an installation object on a wheel includes a band which is looped around a rim well portion of the wheel and holds the installation object. While a housing for holding a worm screw is fixed to one end portion of the band, a plurality of slits for engaging with a thread of the worm screw are provided in the other end portion of the band. The apparatus includes a rotation restraining mechanism which projects more outward than the housing in a width direction of the band, and restrains rotation of the housing caused by a tightening torque of the worm screw.