Vehicle wheel lock assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorManuel Alejandro Vite Cadena
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel lock assembly includes a main body and a first sleeve. The main body has a wheel engaging end, a key portion, a first supporting section and a key receiving end. The key portion has a plurality of surface contours defining a first key pattern configured to couple with a tool for torsional movement of the main body. The first sleeve has an open end and a closed end. The open end is installed to the first supporting section of the main body such that the closed end of the first sleeve covers the key receiving end with the key portion exposed relative to the first sleeve. The first sleeve is retained by the first supporting section for rotation about the central axis of the main body and is non-movably retained relative to an axial direction of the main body.
Claims18
A vehicle wheel lock assembly, comprising
- a main body having a wheel engaging end, a key portion, a first supporting section and a key receiving end opposite wheel engaging end, the wheel engaging end being configured to fixedly retain a wheel to a vehicle suspension component, the key portion having a plurality of surface contours defining a first key pattern configured to couple with a tool for torsional movement of the main body;
- a first sleeve having an open end and a closed end, the open end being installed to the first supporting section of the main body such that the closed end of the first sleeve covers the key receiving end with the key portion exposed relative to the first sleeve, the first sleeve being retained by the first supporting section for rotation about the central axis of the main body and being non-movably retained relative to an axial direction of the main body;
- a key having a tool receiving portion and a sleeve portion including a hollow interior surface with a second key pattern that mates with the first key pattern when the key is inserted over the first sleeve, the key receiving end and the key portion;
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- a second sleeve having an overall cylindrical shape that is open at each axial end thereof, and
- the main body further comprises a second supporting portion located between the wheel engaging end and the key portion of the main body, the second sleeve being retained to the second supporting portion surrounding the key portion, the first supporting section and the first sleeve, such that the second sleeve is retained for rotation about the central axis of the main body and is non-movably retained relative to the axial direction of the main body, the second sleeve having an inner diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the first sleeve and an outer diameter of the key portion such that the second sleeve and the first sleeve define a key receiving gap therebetween.
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