Anti-theft hub nut for vehicle wheels
AssigneeKYO-EI Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsuguyoshi Ohsawa
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device for protecting automobile wheels from being stolen, wherein the barrel portion of a hub nut to be tightened onto a hub bolt of an automobile wheel is shaped as a turning operative engaging surface in the form of a quasi-equilateral triangle whose each side consists of a convex surface. The engaging surface is cut at one, two or three sides thereof to form keyways extending parallel with the axis of rotation. Thus, unless an exclusive turning tool adapted to fit on the hub nut is used, the wheel cannot be removed.
Claims4
An anti-theft hub nut, comprising a barrel portion comprising a turning operative engaging surface having a quasi-equilateral triangular cross-sectional shape wherein each side of the quasi-equilateral triangle has a convex shape,
- wherein the turning operative engaging surface defines at least one keyway formed in at least one side of the quasi-equilateral triangle, the at least one keyway extending parallel with the axis of rotation of the hub nut.
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