公开(公告)号：US10899175B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16183225

申请日：2018-11-07

申请人： Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

发明人： Dale R. Williams ,  Matt R. Cormier ,  Philip A. Lavallee

IPC分类号： B60B29/00 ,  F16B39/284 ,  B60B3/16 ,  B23P19/06

摘要： A wheel lock key assembly includes a wheel lock key portion configured to engage with keyslot features on a wheel lock. A driving tool coupling portion is connected to the wheel lock key portion and includes a surface structured to be rotationally coupled to a driving tool so as to enable rotation of the wheel lock key portion by the driving tool by a force acting on the surface. The surface extends along a plane extending parallel to the wheel lock key portion rotational axis. A retaining member is deformable to vary a radial distance the exterior surface extends from the rotational axis. A retaining member deformation mechanism is actuatable to deform the retaining member to vary the radial distance, such that the exterior surface extends at least a predetermined distance past the plane prior to rotational coupling of the wheel lock key assembly to the driving tool.