Patent ID: 6409280
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60B,F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
A hub for at least one of a truck or trailer of the type having a generally cylindrical portion defining an aperture, whereby said hub is adapted for mounting on a spindle of an axle such as to be free to rotate on the spindle, said hub having a flange projecting outwardly from an outer surface of said cylindrical portion, said flange comprising a plurality of throughbores therein, whereby the flange is adapted for securing a wheel and brake drum assembly thereto, such that the wheel and brake drum assembly can rotate with said hub and brake therewith when a brake member of the axle is actuated on a portion of the wheel and brake drum assembly by a cam shaft; said flange having at least a notch therein such that the cam shaft may be removed by pulling it through said notch without said hub requiring to be removed from the spindle.