US 12,109,842 B2
Hub lock nut assembly
Ramachandran Sandrasekaran, Karnataka (IN); Kent Augustsson, Bollebygd (SE); and Tobias Andersson, Torslanda (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/605,132
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/060963
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/221428, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203762 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60B 27/06 (2006.01); B60B 35/14 (2006.01); F16B 39/284 (2006.01); F16B 39/32 (2006.01); B60B 27/02 (2006.01); B60B 35/02 (2006.01); B60B 35/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 27/065 (2013.01) [F16B 39/284 (2013.01); B60B 27/02 (2013.01); B60B 35/02 (2013.01); B60B 35/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle wheel hub lock assembly for retaining a vehicle wheel hub in position, the vehicle wheel hub lock assembly comprising:
a vehicle wheel hub lock nut comprising:
a circumferential inner wall defining a central hole, the inner wall having a threaded portion; and
at least one resilient portion; and
a mating component with which the vehicle wheel hub lock nut is configured to be releasably mated in a mated position, the mating component constituting part of a vehicle spindle, vehicle knuckle, or vehicle wheel axle portion;
wherein the at least one resilient portion is adapted to be movable in a radial direction outwardly from the central hole when subjected to an external force provided by the mating component, the at least one resilient portion arranged to provide prevailing torque to the vehicle wheel hub lock nut when subjected to the external force, the at least one resilient portion having an engagement area for receiving the external force, wherein the engagement area is located radially outwardly of the threaded portion in the mated position; and
wherein the mating component comprises a protrusion extending radially outwards from the mating component and configured to subject the resilient portion to the external force in the mated position.