US 12,269,293 B2
Wheel holder
Claudia Hofmann, Munich (DE); Stefanie Peters, Munich (DE); Trendafil Ilchev, Munich (DE); Christian Wagmann, Munich (DE); and Nicolai Ganser, Munich (DE)
Assigned to BEISSBARTH AUTOMOTIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/612,096
Filed by Beissbarth GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063476
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234113, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 113 128.6 (DE), filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212497 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B60B 30/02 (2006.01); G01B 5/255 (2006.01); G01B 21/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 30/02 (2013.01) [G01B 5/255 (2013.01); G01B 21/26 (2013.01); G01B 2210/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel holder for fastening to a wheel, the wheel holder comprising:
at least two arms extending from a base plate of the wheel holder in a radial direction outward; each of the arms having at least one stationary element and at least one movable element that is movable with respect to the at least one stationary element in the radial direction;
a central rotation element that is disposed in a center of the wheel holder such that it can rotate;
at least two coupling elements each extending between one of the movable elements and the central rotation element such that the movable elements are movable in the radial direction by rotation of the central rotation element;
wherein the central rotation element is attached to the base plate of the wheel holder via a freewheeling system, and wherein the freewheeling system has at least one operating state in which the central rotation element is rotatable in a freewheeling direction and rotation of the central rotation element in a blocking direction opposite to the freewheeling direction is blocked;
wherein the wheel holder further comprises a clamping device which is adapted to apply a force to the freewheeling system in a tensioned state in order to apply additional forces which are directed towards the center of the wheel holder, to the movable elements by rotation of the freewheeling system;
wherein the clamping device comprises a clamping handle and a clamping force transmitting element which is designed to transfer a force exerted on the clamping handle to the freewheeling system;
wherein the clamping device comprises a locking mechanism which is designed to lock the clamping device in the tensioned state; and
wherein the clamping force transmitting element comprises a rod, a chain, a wire or cable pull, a belt and/or a hydraulic system.