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US 2024/0165995 A1Published application
Gauge Wheel and Closing Wheel Retainer
AssigneeJung Enterprise, Inc.
InventorAllan F. Jung
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Abstract
A wheel retainer that retains a wheel on a wheel mount and prevents the wheel from being fully separated from the wheel mount in the event of a failure of a wheel bearing. In some embodiments, a wheel retainer includes a sleeve, and a retaining member coupled to the sleeve. The retaining member has a retaining diameter sized such that when a wheel bearing fails, a wheel mounted on the wheel bearing is retained at least partially on the sleeve by the retaining member.
Claims20
A wheel retainer, comprising:
- a sleeve having an internal diameter sized to receive a shaft of a mounting bolt that engages to a wheel mount, the sleeve having an inner end configured to be positioned proximate to a wheel bearing positioned proximate to the wheel mount, and an outer end opposite from the inner end;
- and
- a retaining member coupled to the sleeve proximate to the outer end, the retaining member having a retaining diameter sized such that when the wheel bearing fails, a wheel mounted on the wheel bearing is retained at least partially on the sleeve by the retaining member.
A wheel assembly, comprising:
- a wheel bearing configured to be coupled to a wheel mount;
- a wheel operatively coupled to the wheel bearing;
- and
- a wheel retainer positioned proximate to at least one of the wheel or the wheel bearing, the wheel retainer including:
- a sleeve having an internal diameter sized to receive a shaft of a mounting bolt that engages to the wheel mount, the sleeve having an inner end configured to be positioned proximate to the wheel bearing, and an outer end opposite from the inner end;
- and
- a retaining member coupled to the sleeve proximate to the outer end, the retaining member having a retaining diameter sized such that when the wheel bearing fails, the wheel is retained at least partially on the sleeve by the retaining member.
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A machine, comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a wheel assembly operatively coupled to the frame, the wheel assembly including:
- a wheel mount coupled to the frame;
- a wheel bearing configured to be coupled to the wheel mount;
- a wheel operatively coupled to the wheel bearing;
- and
- a wheel retainer positioned proximate to at least one of the wheel or the wheel bearing, the wheel retainer including:
- a sleeve having an internal diameter sized to receive a shaft of a mounting bolt that engages to the wheel mount, the sleeve having an inner end configured to be positioned proximate to at least one of the wheel or the wheel bearing, and an outer end opposite from the inner end;
- and
- a retaining member coupled to the sleeve proximate to the outer end, the retaining member having a retaining diameter sized such that when the wheel bearing fails, the wheel is retained at least partially on the sleeve by the retaining member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.