Steel washer integral with nut/cap assembly
AssigneeMacLean-Fogg Company
InventorLarry J. Wilson
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Abstract
A wheel nut and washer assembly for securing a wheel to a motor vehicle axle. The wheel nut includes a body having a longitudinal axis, the nut body also having an axial threaded aperture and a pair of ends, one end being in the form of a smooth steel external surface. The wheel nut also includes a steel washer having an end terminating in a smooth annular surface in surface-to-surface engagement with the body end thereby maintaining axially alignment of the body and washer enabling relative movement of said body and washer about said axis. A decorative cap on the assembly is configured so that it holds the washer on the nut, a gap between the cap and washer to enable the washer to freely rotate and move laterally relative to the nut.
Claims7
A wheel nut and washer assembly comprising a steel body having a longitudinal axis said body also having an axial threaded aperture and a pair of ends, a smooth external surface on one of said ends, a washer axially aligned with said threaded body end-to-end in surface-to-surface relation with said threaded body and a smooth surface on said washer surface which is in engagement with said smooth surface on said body thereby enabling relative movement of said washer and said body in a circular path around said axis.
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