Patent ID: 8517658
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A device for raising and lowering a spare wheel of a vehicle, comprising: an actuation device; a flexible cable co-operating with the actuation device; and an engagement member fixed to one end of the flexible cable; a transmission member fixed with respect to the vehicle and having a substantially cylindrical shape with a horizontal; the flexible cable co-operating with a curved outer surface of the transmission member from which it is deviated substantially by 90° around the transmission member; the engagement member comprising a bar with horizontal axis fixed to one end of the flexible cable, said bar being designed to engage in a fixed transverse seat made on top of the transmission member for stable anchorage of the wheel to the when the wheel is in a completely raised position; wherein the engagement member comprises a U-shaped element having two elongated plates extending in the vertical direction and fixed at an opposite end to said bar and connected by a cross member fixed to a bell for supporting the wheel.