Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheel locking device
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Application No.: US17608262Application Date: 2021-06-14
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Publication No.: US11440344B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Lars Ivarsson , Marcus Ekström
- Applicant: RIMGARD SWEDEN AB
- Applicant Address: SE Solna
- Assignee: RIMGARD SWEDEN AB
- Current Assignee: RIMGARD SWEDEN AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Solna
- Agency: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2021/037167 WO 20210614
- International Announcement: WO2021/252992 WO 20211216
- Main IPC: E05B7/00
- IPC: E05B7/00 ; B60B7/16 ; B60B7/06 ; B60B7/00

Abstract:
A locking device for locking a wheel of a vehicle is provided, where the device comprising a main module adapted to be attached to a rim of the wheel and configured to cover nuts or bolts that attach the wheel to the vehicle, a tubular center bolt having a threated outer surface and configured to adapt a lock cylinder, the tubular center bolt being further adapted to be connected to the main module via an insert sleeve; and at least one threaded element permanently assembled within a center bore or behind the rim; wherein the tubular center bolt is configured to be threadedly attached to the at least one threaded element to attach the locking device onto the wheel, and wherein the lock cylinder is configured to be arranged in a locking state within the center bolt in which the center bolt is prevented from rotating relative to the main module and the at least one threaded element, and in an open state in which the lock cylinder allows the center bolt to rotate relative to the main module and the at least one threaded element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220144012A1 WHEEL LOCKING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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