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US 11,351,816 · App. 16/968,810 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Wheel holding device

Inventor: Junji Funato (Ama-gun, JP)
Assignee: CENTRAL MOTOR WHEEL CO., LTD.
B60B30/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,351,816
App. No.
16/968,810
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A holding device includes a pair of holding members positioned to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and a moving part that moves at least one of the pair of holding members to change a distance between the pair of holding members in the first direction. Each of the holding members is formed with a support face that supports the flange of the wheel, and an engaging portion that is located on an end portion side that is on an opposite side from the other holding member, and is able to engage with the flange of the wheel supported by the support face, from the radially outer side of the wheel. The installation space for a tire mounted on a wheel on the radially outer side of a flange of the wheel is prevented from varying due to the magnitude of the diameter of the wheel.

Claims (14)

1. A wheel holding device comprising:

a pair of holding members positioned to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction; and

a moving part that moves at least one of the pair of holding members so as to change a distance between the pair of holding members in the first direction, wherein

each of the holding members is formed with

a support face that supports a flange of a wheel, and

an engaging portion that is located on an end portion side that is on an opposite side from the other holding member, and is able to engage with the flange of the wheel supported by the support face, from a radially outer side of the wheel, the engaging portion being a first protrusion that extends from the support face.

2. The wheel holding device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the holding members is further formed with a protruding portion that is located on one side closer to the other holding member, relative to the support face.

3. The wheel holding device according to claim 2 , wherein

the protruding portion is a second protrusion that extends upward from the support face.

4. The wheel holding device according to claim 1 , wherein

the engaging portion includes an inclined portion of which a height from a virtual plane including the support face is reduced toward an end portion on the opposite side of the holding member.

5. The wheel holding device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first protrusion is inclined upward from the support face and toward the other holding member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2020
From: FUNATO, JUNJI
To: CENTRAL MOTOR WHEEL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053447/0760 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210001665A1 · Jan 7, 2021