Patent ID: 6626502
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A wheel adaptor plate system for mounting a wheel rim to a hub, the wheel adaptor plate comprising:a plate member comprising a plurality of mounting apertures extending through said plate member, said plate member being adapted for being coupled to the hub such that each of a plurality of lug bolts extend through one of said mounting apertures of said plate member; each of a plurality of stud members being selectively extendable through one of said mounting apertures of said plate member, each of said stud members being adapted for being selectively extendable through holes in the wheel rim; each of a plurality of nut members being selectively coupled to one of said stud members, each of said nut members being adapted for securing the wheel rim between said nut members and said plate member for securing the wheel rim to the hub when the wheel rim has a pattern of holes different than the pattern of the lug bolts of the hub; one of a plurality of spacer members being selectively positionable around each of said stud members, each of said spacer members being adapted for being positioned between said plate member and the wheel rim when the wheel rim is coupled to said stud members such that said spacer members are for preventing the wheel rim from abutting against a plurality of lug nuts of the hub securing said plate member to the lug bolts of the hub; each of said plurality of spacer members comprising a bore extending through the associated one of said spacer members, said bore of each of said spacer members selectively receiving one of said stud members such that each of said spacer members is positioned around an associated one said stud members; and said plurality of spacer members comprising a set of adjacent spacers, each of said spacer members of said set of adjacent spacers comprising a planar surface and an arcuate surface, said planar surface being positioned in a spaced relationship to said bore of the associated one of said spacer members, said arcuate surface arcuately extending between opposing ends of said planar surface such that said bore is positioned between said planar surface and said arcuate surface, said planar face of each of said spacer members of said set of adjacent spacers being adapted for being positioned proximate one of the lug nuts of the hub when the associated one of said stud members is positioned proximate one of the lug nuts of the hub for permitting said spacer members of said set of adjacent spacers to abut said plate member when said plate member is coupled to the hub.