Securing a jack and a spare wheel to a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNaijiang Xu, Zhenhong Ge, Jihong Zhang, Jonathan William Vaillancourt, Wesley Grant Morris
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a spare wheel, a jack and a jack wrench. The jack and a jack wrench are provided to raise the vehicle to allow a user to remove a damaged wheel and replace it with the spare wheel. The jack and jack wrench are secured to the vehicle via a first connector. The spare wheel is then secured to the first connector via a second connector. The second connector extends through the spare wheel and into the first connector to secure the spare wheel to the first connector and thus to the vehicle.
Claims17
An assembly for securing a jack and a spare wheel to a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- a first connector extending through the jack and attached to the vehicle to secure the jack to the vehicle, the first connector having a head with a receptacle;
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- a second connector extending at least partially through the spare wheel and attached to the first connector within the receptacle to secure the spare wheel to the vehicle.
An assembly in a vehicle, comprising:
- a jack;
- a first connector extending through the jack and securing the jack to the vehicle, the first connector having an internally-threaded receptacle;
- a spare tire covering the jack;
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- a second connector engaging the spare tire, extending completely through the spare tire, and having a threaded portion engaging the internally-threaded receptacle to secure the spare tire and the jack to the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.