Supplementary weight for a vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorMichael Teich
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Abstract
A supplementary weight for ballasting a vehicle can be adapted to be hooked onto a carrier component. The weight includes an entry opening which is bordered by an upper leg and a lower leg. The upper leg is supported on the carrier component which projects into the entry opening. Generally vertical bores extend in the upper leg and the lower leg, and the leg bores are aligned with a corresponding vertical bore in the carrier component. An attaching bolt is received by these bores when the weight is mounted on the carrier component. The attaching bolt has a head, a shank and a threaded section. The attaching bolt is screwed into an axially movable tensioning device which is mounted inside the lower leg, thus clamping the carrier component to the upper leg.
Claims10
A supplementary weight assembly for ballasting a vehicle, the weight assembly having at least one entry opening which is bordered by an upper leg and a lower leg and which opens on a side, the weight assembly being adapted to be hooked onto a carrier component, wherein the upper leg is supported on the carrier component which projects into the entry opening, wherein generally vertical bores extend in the upper leg and the lower leg, the leg bores being aligned with a corresponding vertical bore in the carrier component and receiving an attaching bolt when the weight assembly is mounted on the carrier component, characterized by:
- the attaching bolt having a threaded section;
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- the bore in the lower leg receives an axially movable tensioning device, the device having a threaded bore into which the threaded section of the attaching bolt can be screwed, the attaching bolt and the tensioning device clamping the carrier component to the upper leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.