Wheel weight assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company One John Deere Place
InventorsDigvijay Bhosale, Benjamin J. Heimbuch
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Abstract
A wheel weight assembly for a vehicle that has a wheel hub. The wheel weight assembly includes a wheel weight and a mounting assembly. The wheel weight includes a mounting aperture that defines a fixed axis. The mounting assembly is positioned in the mounting apertures and pivots relative thereto. The mounting assembly includes a hook and a rotator. The hook is positioned laterally inboard of the wheel hub, while the rotator is positioned laterally outboard of the wheel weight and is coupled to the hook. The rotator is configured to rotate the hook from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the hook not engaged with the wheel hub, but in the second position, the hook is engaged with the wheel hub.
Claims15
A wheel weight assembly for a vehicle having a wheel hub, the wheel weight assembly comprising:
- a wheel weight comprising a mounting aperture, the mounting aperture defining a fixed axis;
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- a mounting assembly that is positioned in the mounting aperture so as to pivot relative thereto, the mounting assembly comprising:
- a hook that is positioned laterally inboard of the wheel hub;
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- a rotator that is positioned laterally outboard of the wheel weight and coupled to the hook, the rotator being configured to rotate the hook, about the fixed axis, from a first position, in which the hook is not engaged with the wheel hub, to a second position in which the hook is engaged with the wheel hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.