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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Mario Tarabuso, Turin, IT;
Carlo Otelli, Turin, IT;
Nicola Giorgio Pino, Caserta, IT;
PROMA S.p.A., Nicola La Strada (CE), IT;
Abstract
A device for raising and lowering a spare wheel (R) of a vehicle includes an actuation device (), a flexible cable () co-operating with the actuation device (), and an engagement member () fixed to one end of the flexible cable (). The device further includes a transmission member () fixed with respect to the structure () of the vehicle and having a substantially cylindrical shape, arranged with its own longitudinal axis horizontal. The flexible cable () co-operates with a curved outer surface () of the transmission member () from which it is deviated substantially by 90° around the transmission member (); the engagement member () has a bar with a horizontal axis () fixed to one end of the flexible cable (), the bar being designed to engage in a fixed transverse seat () made on top of the transmission member () for stable anchorage of the wheel (R) to the structure of the vehicle () when the wheel is in the completely raised position.