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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Nathaniel R. Kamp, Peoria, IL (US);
Richard L. Joyce, Brimfield, IL (US);
Jeffrey R. Ries, Metamora, IL (US);
Joseph Unseth, Dunlap, IL (US);
David A. Vericker, Metamora, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A wheel assembly is disclosed. The wheel assembly may have a hub with a first spline, a second spline, and a slot separating the first spline and the second spline. The first spline, the second spline, and the slot may extend from a front end to a rear end. The wheel assembly may also have an outer rim configured to mount a tire. The wheel assembly may further have an inner rim extending from a rim front end to a rim rear end. The inner rim may have a notch disposed at the rim front end and a tab disposed at the rim rear end. The tab may slidingly engage with the slot. The wheel assembly may have a locking block, which may slidingly engage with the notch and the slot at the front end. Further, the wheel assembly may have a bolt connecting the mounting block to the hub.