Patent ID: 6402258
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle wheel attachment system comprising:a hub having a hollow interior space; a piston positioned within the interior space of the hub; a hydraulic plunger assembly having an interior portion positioned in the interior space and a head portion extending outwardly from said hub; a hydraulic fluid being positioned between the piston and the hydraulic plunger such that movement of the piston moves the hydraulic plunger assembly; the hub having a main portion and an attachment portion, the attachment portion extending outwardly from the main portion; a rotor having a receiving portion, the attachment portion of the hub being insertable into the receiving portion of the rotor for coupling the hub to the rotor; a wheel having a central aperture, the attachment portion being insertable through the aperture such that the wheel is positioned between the hub and the rotor; and a valve in the hub for pressurizing said interior space of said hub proximate said piston whereby said piston urges said head portion of said plunger assembly outwardly from said hub to abut said wheel whereby said wheel is engaged to said rotor.