Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quick change wheel assembly for a machine
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Application No.: US14612936Application Date: 2015-02-03
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Publication No.: US09662933B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Nathaniel R. Kamp , Richard L. Joyce , Jeffrey R. Ries , Joseph Unseth , David A. Vericker
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: B60B3/14
- IPC: B60B3/14 ; B60B23/04 ; B60B29/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160221390A1 QUICK CHANGE WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR A MACHINE Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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