A wheel assembly includes a split wheel, a nut, and bolt. The split wheel comprises a first wheel portion and a second wheel portion, and the nut comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the nut comprises a thrust face engaging the split wheel, the nut defines a bore extending through both the first portion and the second portion, the bore in the first portion is nonthreaded, and the bore in the second portion is threaded. Further, the bolt extends through the first wheel portion and the second wheel portion, with a threaded end of the bolt extending through the first portion of the nut and being coupled to the second portion of the nut, according to various embodiments. The effective bending length of the bolt is greater than the clamped length of the bolt.


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    Title :

    BOLTED JOINT FOR WHEEL ASSEMBLIES


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2020-10-01


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile



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