61 |
Tooling for holding a vehicle wheel bearing or wheel bearing seal, method of installing or maintaining a set of vehicle wheels and set of wheels using such tooling |
US13811321 |
2011-07-20 |
US20130125370A1 |
2013-05-23 |
Cedric Rodrigues-Morgado; Pascal Martinez |
A tool for holding the wheel bearing or the wheel bearing seal of a vehicle wheel. This tool is useful in the fields of aircraft manufacture and aircraft maintenance. The aircraft wheel is of the kind comprising a rim that has a flange on the hub side and a wheel bearing, mounted on a stub axle. The holding tool comprises a plate bearing a collar that presses against the wheel bearing. An arrangement to lock the tooling onto the rim of the wheel flange brings the pressing collar into locked contact with the wheel bearing. |
62 |
HANDLING DEVICE FOR A WHEEL OF A VEHICLE AND HANDLING PROCESS FOR A WHEEL USING SUCH A DEVICE |
US13026846 |
2011-02-14 |
US20110206495A1 |
2011-08-25 |
Henri LAURENT; Guillaume VALETTE |
A handling process for a wheel of large mass from a storage position, in particular to enable its mounting onto the hub of a vehicle, wherein said process comprises the following steps: a handling device that comprises at least two flexible non-elastic attachments parallel to one another and linked by at least two flexible and non-elastic fastening means is positioned on said wheel, said attachments and said fastening means enable the tire tread mounted on said wheel to be encircled over substantially 360°, said attachment thus being position at each side flank of said wheel, the ends of said different flexible attachments are brought together so as to imprison said wheel within said handling device, said ends of said different flexible attachments of said handling device are hooked onto a handling and lifting device, such as a winch integral with a bridge crane, said bridge crane ensuring the lifting and displacement of said wheel. |
63 |
HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD |
US13028120 |
2011-02-15 |
US20110197416A1 |
2011-08-18 |
Robert Ian Hedley |
An apparatus (1) for transporting an article (2). The apparatus (1) includes a frame (3) and an article support (4) operatively coupled to the frame (3). The article support (4) is movable relative to the frame (3) such that the apparatus (1) provides a first configuration for retaining the article (2) and a second configuration for receiving or unloading the article (2). The apparatus (1) includes a plurality of wheels (9) for movement over a substrate surface, and, a stabilising means (6) to engage the substrate surface and stabilise the frame (3) when the apparatus (1) is in the extended position. In use, the apparatus (1) may be used to support a wheel, tyre or other vehicular component (2) during installation, for example, in a confined space such as a mine. |
64 |
Wheel centering pin, kit and method |
US10868687 |
2004-06-15 |
US07178880B2 |
2007-02-20 |
James H. Andersen |
A wheel centering pin disclosed for vehicle wheels having apertures of uniform diameter. The wheel centering pin is provided as a set of three that are threaded on three circumferentially spaced hub bolts on which a wheel is mounted to center the wheel. Nuts are threaded on the remaining bolts and tightened to fasten the wheel to the hub. The centering pins are removed, and remaining nuts are applied in their place and tightened on the remaining bolts to center the wheel. |
65 |
Wheel centering pin, kit and method |
US10868687 |
2004-06-15 |
US20050275278A1 |
2005-12-15 |
James Andersen |
A wheel centering pin 15 disclosed for vehicle wheels having apertures of uniform diameter. The wheel centering pin is provided as a set of three that are threaded on three circumferentially spaced hub bolts on which a wheel is mounted to center the wheel. Nuts are threaded on the remaining bolts and tightened to fasten the wheel to the hub. The centering pins are removed, and remaining nuts are applied in their place and tightened on the remaining bolts to center the wheel. |
66 |
EMERGENCY KIT HAVING AN AIR COMPRESSOR IN COMBINATION WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH AND A TIRE JACK FOR CHANGING A TIRE |
US10334516 |
2002-12-31 |
US20040125609A1 |
2004-07-01 |
James
Gilligan; Denim
Dycsok |
A kit for changing a tire having a portable carrying case with a first compartment and a second compartment which are movable between an open position and a closed position. The first compartment is used for housing an air compressor motor and a tank for holding compressed air and the second compartment includes a plurality of preformed depressions for containing an impact wrench, a tire jack and a plurality of hoses therein. The compressed air holding tank includes a plurality of air connector ports for attaching the hoses to the air connector ports and to the impact wrench and to the tire jack. The tire changing kit also includes an electrical cord having an electrical quick connect plug at one end and a cigarette lighter inlet plug at the other end, the cigarette lighter inlet plug is received within and powered by a cigarette lighter receptacle of a vehicle for supplying electrical power to the air compressor motor for generating compressed air in order to pneumatically power the impact wrench and the tire jack. |
67 |
Apparatus for supporting automotive tires |
US10313055 |
2002-12-06 |
US06681897B2 |
2004-01-27 |
Anthony C. Gibson; Roy Starling; Martin Roden |
An apparatus for supporting automotive tires having a hanger pin adapted to fit through the mount hole of a vehicle wheel. The apparatus is intended to be installed on an automotive hoist at a height approximately the same as that of a tire of a vehicle disposed on the hoist. A worker removing a wheel from the vehicle disposed on the hoist can thus hang the wheel on the apparatus without significantly bending at the waist. |
68 |
Apparatus for supporting automotive tires |
US10012780 |
2001-11-06 |
US06604610B2 |
2003-08-12 |
Roy Starling; Anthony C. Gibson; Martin Roden |
An apparatus for supporting automotive tires is provided having a hanger pin adapted to fit through the mount hole of a vehicle wheel. The apparatus is intended to be installed on an automotive hoist at a height approximately the same as that of a tire of a vehicle disposed on the hoist. A worker removing a wheel from the vehicle disposed on the hoist can thus hang the wheel on the apparatus without significantly bending at the waist. |
69 |
Wheel pulling apparatus |
US09938568 |
2001-08-27 |
US06581265B2 |
2003-06-24 |
Eli Sawaya |
An apparatus for the repair or maintenance of a vehicle is provided which facilitates the removal of a wheel, wheel rim, brake rotor, brake drum or the like, when these become seized or fused onto the wheel hub of the vehicle. The wheel pulling apparatus provides a pull plate to pull on, for example, a brake drum, and a push plate which acts to directly or indirectly push on the wheel studs of the vehicle. A simple, easy to use wheel pulling apparatus is provided. |
70 |
Lifting unit for tire vehicle wheels |
US10121028 |
2002-04-11 |
US20020164238A1 |
2002-11-07 |
Gino
Ferrari; Franco
Maioli |
A lifting unit for a vehicle wheel designed to cooperate with a tire changing machine and a balancing machine arranged on opposite sides thereof and located at a respective operating level, said lifting unit comprising at least one support frame, guide means vertically extending from said support frame, a cross-member guide slidingly mounted on said guide means and arranged to be moved up and down thereon, driving means carried by said support frame and arranged to move said cross-member guide on said guide means, a bracket means slidingly supported on said cross-member guide and designed to carry a vehicle wheel to be processed, a limiting means slidably carried on a vertical guide means, supported by said support frame, and arranged to engage with said guide means to act upon said driving means, wheel detecting means carried by said support frame and arranged to detect the diameter of a wheel standing on said bracket means, and control means arranged to position said limiting means depending upon the diameter of a vehicle wheel as detected by said wheel detecting means. |
71 |
Apparatus for supporting automotive tires |
US10012780 |
2001-11-06 |
US20020047077A1 |
2002-04-25 |
Anthony
C.
Gibson; Roy
Starling; Martin
Roden |
An apparatus for supporting automotive tires is provided having a hanger pin adapted to fit through the mount hole of a vehicle wheel. The apparatus is intended to be installed on an automotive hoist at a height approximately the same as that of a tire of a vehicle disposed on the hoist. A worker removing a wheel from the vehicle disposed on the hoist can thus hang the wheel on the apparatus without significantly bending at the waist. |
72 |
Four wheel drive manual hub lock and ulock tool |
US09918125 |
2001-07-30 |
US20020007702A1 |
2002-01-24 |
Daniel
William
Cogswell |
The invention is an apparatus that aids in the manual locking and unlocking of four-wheel drive hub mechanisms. Two disc shaped plates are connected together with an elongated section of steel rod of a length of approximately six to eight inches. A channel of approximately nullinch in width is cut in the front surface of one of the discs for receiving the hub locking lever on the four-wheel drive vehicle. A section of a spongy textured material formed in the shape of a handgrip is wrapped around and secured to the rod section to provide a gripping surface. The extended length of the rod section allows for additional leverage which makes the locking and unlocking of the hub easier. |
73 |
APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AUTOMOTIVE TIRES |
US09271115 |
1999-03-17 |
US20020003196A1 |
2002-01-10 |
ANTHONY C.
GIBSON; ROY
STARLING; MARTIN
RODEN |
An apparatus for supporting automotive tires is provided having a hanger pin adapted to fit through the mount hole of a vehicle wheel. The apparatus is intended to be installed on an automotive hoist at a height approximately the same as that of a tire of a vehicle disposed on the hoist. A worker removing a wheel from the vehicle disposed on the hoist can thus hang the wheel on the apparatus without significantly bending at the waist. |
74 |
Wheeling mounting apparatus |
US630853 |
1990-12-20 |
US5096161A |
1992-03-17 |
Milos Tomasevic |
The apparatus described herein comprises a device for easily lifting and positioning a vehicle wheel, particularly to facilitate the lifting and positioning of a wheel for a truck or recreational vehicle onto the axle of the same and appropriately positioning the wheel for insertion of the lugs thereon. With the axle jacked to an appropriate raised position and the wheel resting on the ground next to the wheel base, two sections of the device are placed under the curvature of the wheel, a section on each side of the resting area and the sections connected to each other to prevent their separation during the lifting operation. Each section is adapted to perform an independent lifting operation on the wheel, the contact of each section with the wheel being by means of a cylindrical roller free to rotate on its axis. The joining section of the apparatus is positioned in front of the wheel and the rollers on which the wheel will rest extend under at least a substantial portion of the width of the wheel. While the opening of the wheel is being raised to the height of the raised axle, the forward or backward positioning of this opening can be adjusted to position the opening directly opposite the axle by adjusting the raising at one side or the other of the lifting sections. When the wheel opening is opposite the axle, the wheel can be rotated on the rollers to position the lug openings to place them opposite the respective lugs. Then the wheel can be pushed toward the wheel base so that the wheel is positioned on the axle and the respective lugs. |
75 |
Lug nut tool |
US657142 |
1991-02-19 |
US5074170A |
1991-12-24 |
David B. Shirley |
A tool construction is set forth to include a central housing and a plurality of radially directed housing legs relative to the housing, wherein each leg mounts an output shaft driven through a central gear to effect simultaneous removal or assembly of lug nuts relative to an associated vehicular wheel. |
76 |
Wheel presetting apparatus |
US394810 |
1989-08-16 |
US4953288A |
1990-09-04 |
Hiromi Sakurai |
A wheel presetting apparatus has a pair of rotatable lower rollers and a pair of rotatable upper rollers mounted above the lower rollers and movable into contact with a wheel supported on the lower rollers. A center pin is supported for forward and backward movement in relation to a center hole of the wheel, and, a bolt hole detecting means is provided for detecting the angular position of a bolt hole of the wheel. A hub pin is supported for forward and backward movement, and is inserted into a bolt hole which is out of the phase of the bolt holes detected by the bolt hole detecting means. |
77 |
Automated nut driving apparatus |
US295362 |
1989-01-10 |
US4909105A |
1990-03-20 |
Kou Namiki; Takaji Mukumoto; Keiichiro Gunji |
An automatic wheel attachment apparatus for attaching a wheel to a wheel attachment member of an automotive body. The automatic wheel attachment apparatus includes a reorienting device for reorienting a wheel attachment surface of the wheel attachment member, a phasing device for phasing wheel attachment bolts on the wheel attachment member, the phasing device being movable longitudinally and vertically of the automotive body to bring the wheel attachment member and the phasing device into central alignment with each other, a detecting device for detecting the amount and direction of movement of the phasing device, and a nut runner for fastening the wheel to the wheel attachment member while the center of the wheel attachment member as detected by the detecting device is being held in alignment with the center of the wheel. At least the reorienting device, the phasing device, and the detecting device are combined in a single robot. The automatic wheel attachment apparatus also includes a wheel gripping device for gripping the wheel with at least three gripping fingers under equal forces, and a wheel positioning device for positioning the wheel before it is brought into a wheel attachment position. |
78 |
Automated wheel decking assembling |
US610845 |
1984-05-16 |
US4635339A |
1987-01-13 |
Chester P. Kozlowski; Lawrence J. Lawson |
An apparatus and method for assembling wheel and tire units onto a vehicle as it moves along a conveyor. The apparatus includes an arrangement for centralizing the vehicle relative to the conveyor, orienting the hubs of the vehicle so as to receive a properly oriented wheel-tire unit, an apparatus for orienting the wheel-tire unit and means for mounting the oriented wheel-tire unit on the hub and for affixing the thus mounted wheel-tire onto the hub. |
79 |
Apparatus for removing a roller or workpiece |
US308122 |
1981-10-02 |
US4486936A |
1984-12-11 |
Paul F. Curry |
An apparatus for laterally removing a workpiece, such as a guide roller on an endless track vehicle or motor from a piece of heavy equipment, from a space having limited vertical access. The apparatus includes a base for stably supporting the apparatus in a position laterally adjacent the workpiece, a support member secured to the base, a pivotable frame member pivotally secured to a portion of the support member, a cradle member for receiving and supporting the workpiece, which cradle member is secured to the pivotable frame member to be raised and lowered as the pivotable frame member is pivoted, and a force actuator, such as a hydraulic cylinder, supported by the support member and connected to the rigid pivotable frame member for pivoting it to raise and lower the cradle member as the force actuator is extended and retracted between its extended and stowed positions. The base includes stabilizing members for stabilizing the apparatus as the cradle is raised and lowered and a pair of inwardly facing channel members for receiving cam rollers or wheels on the support member to permit the apparatus to be moved laterally to and fro relative to the space for removing the workpiece. |
80 |
Apparatus for handling and assembling objects |
US3491427D |
1967-05-01 |
US3491427A |
1970-01-27 |
ZIMMERMAN DELBERT W; POWELL EDGAR R |
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