公开(公告)号：US10160502B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15071793

申请日：2016-03-16

Applicant: FCA Italy S.p.A.

Inventor： Paolo Mancin ,  Antonio Magliocca

IPC: B62D43/04

Abstract: A device for loading and unloading a wheel of a vehicle includes an actuating device operable to move a cable between a lifted wheel position and a lowered wheel position. A support anchored to the wheel is elastically suspended to a supporting rod carried by the cable. A bracket secured to the vehicle has an axially fixed bush, through which the supporting rod moves following actuation of the cable. The rod has a lateral surface provided with projections. The rod and the bush have cam surfaces which come into engagement with each other during a final lifting stage to cause the bush to rotate towards a position in which, following a lowering of the cable, the projections rest on seats on the upper end surface of the bush to discharge the weight of the wheel.