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Turn limited wheel lug nut and nut cap

一种螺母盖、轮爪螺的技术，应用在螺母、车轮、轮盖盘等方向，能够解决昂贵、安装和/或移除困难、昂贵轮爪螺母制造工艺等问题

Active Publication Date: 2015-09-09
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
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Problems solved by technology

Claw nuts with nut caps require an aesthetically pleasing design and are made using expensive materials and manufacturing processes
Coated lug nuts also require an aesthetically pleasing lug nut design, which results in a more expensive lug nut manufacturing process
Coating materials and processes required to meet aesthetic styling and corrosion resistance requirements are also expensive
Current metal and plastic lug nut and nut cover combinations are expensive to manufacture and difficult to install and / or remove

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[0042] Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the views, figure 1 A first embodiment of a rotationally limited lug nut and nut cover combination 28 is shown. Vehicle 20 includes wheels 22 . Vehicle 20 may be any type of car, truck, sport utility vehicle, or any other type of wheeled vehicle. Wheel 22 may be made of alloy, steel, or any other suitable material of construction. The wheels 22 are held on the vehicle 20 by lug nuts 30 . The lug nut 30 may be made of alloy, steel, or any other suitable material of construction. The wheel 22 may include a lug nut hole 24 formed or machined in the wheel 22 that may provide clearance for the lug nut 30 and a tool 38 for installation and removal of the lug nut 30 . The wheel 22 also includes a lug nut hole base 26 where a lug nut 30 retains the wheel 22 to the vehicle 20 . The gob nut 30 includes a first tool rotatable arrangement 32 . The first tool rotatable configuration 32 ma...

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Abstract

A turn limited wheel lug nut and nut cap combination is provided. The combination includes a lug nut for retaining a wheel on a vehicle. The lug nut has an external lobe. The combination also includes a nut cap, which is turnable with respect to the lug nut. The nut cap has an internal cam, which cooperates with the external lobe to locate the nut cap with respect to the lug nut with not more than a partial turn. The nut cap also has a stop, which cooperates with the external lobe to limit the partial turn of the nut cap with respect to the lug nut. And, the nut cap has a retention feature, which cooperates with the external lobe to retain the nut cap on the lug nut.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention for vehicles relates to a rotationally restricted wheel lug nut and nut cover combination or manufacture. Background technique [0002] Vehicle wheels are typically secured to the axle via wheel mounting studs attached to the axle and lug nuts threaded onto the wheel mounting studs. The lug nuts are sometimes covered with a hub cap fastened to the wheel, but are often visible. Visible lug nuts are typically used on alloy wheels, and they may be coated or fitted with nut covers (either through the incorporation of metal nut covers or through the use of separate plastic nut covers) for aesthetic purposes. A goug nut with a nut cover requires an aesthetically pleasing gob nut design and is made using expensive materials and manufacturing processes. Coated lug nuts also require an aesthetically pleasing lug nut design, which results in a more expensive lug nut manufacturing process. Coating materials and processes required to meet ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F16B37/00F16B37/14B60B3/16
CPCF16B37/14B60B7/068B60B2900/572B60B3/165B60B3/16F16B37/00
Inventor J.D.霍斯金
Owner GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
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