Patent ID: 6053681
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A wheel nut locking assembly for use on a wheel nut on a hub of a vehicle wheel, wherein said wheel nut comprises a polygonal outer surface and a threaded innersurface constructed so as to engage a shaft having a threaded portion, and a non-threaded polygonal head extension with a threaded aperture therein, said assembly comprising:a locking cap having a recess adapted to receive said wheel nut in one of a plurality of orientations in a rotationally locked arrangement relative to said shaft and an aperture adapted to receive and engage said polygonal head extension so as to prevent rotation of said locking cap and said wheel nut relative to said shaft, the locking cap having a plurality of concentric edge receiving grooves of reducing diameters on a conical outer side surface thereof, each of said grooves adapted to receive a bottom edge of a hemispherical cap which covers the top of the locking cap and a portion of the side of the locking cap; andindicator means to signal movement of said shaft relative to the hub, said indicator means constructed so as to be abutting and be releasably lockable to said locking cap.