Vehicle wheel assembly

A vehicle wheel assembly of the type which includes a brake disc and a wheel secured for rotation with a hub mounted to an axle, comprising:

• a brake disc having a cylindrical portion concentrically surrounding said hub and a mounting flange extending radially inward from one end of said cylindrical portion, said hub having a flange extending radially outward and opposed to said mounting flange, a wheel having a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting seats contacting said mounting flange over substantially the entire radial region thereof, an aperture through each of said mounting seats and axially aligned with corresponding apertures in said brake disc mounting flange and said hub flange, means extending through each of said axially aligned apertures and adapted to tighten said wheel assembly by pressing each of said mounting seats against one of a plurality of pressure-receiving portions of said wheel assembly, said pressure-receiving portions of said wheel assembly being located on a diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of said cylindrical portion of said brake disc, and a recess being provided between the outer periphery of each of said pressure receiving portions of said assembly and the cylindrical portion of said brake disc for allowing bending of said pressure receiving portions inward in the axial direction of said hub.