Patent ID: 7650920

Claim:
A method for increasing safety in the handling of a wheel of a heavy vehicle when the wheel is being detached from the vehicle shaft in such a way that the fastening bolts attaching the wheel rim to the vehicle shaft are detached to detach the rim from the shaft, whereby at least one fastening bolt in the vicinity of a wheel valve is locked in place with a locking device that prevents the fastening bolt from being detached before the locking device has been removed and which locking device is attached in place with a locking member connected to the valve in such a way that detaching the locking device becomes possible only after the valve has been removed so that the pressurized air within the wheel can discharge, wherein a separate locking part to be screwed into the valve frame being used in the locking member, inside which locking part the valve is mounted, whereby the locking device comprises an opening through which the frame of the valve extends when the locking device is in place, and the locking part comprises a portion that is larger than the frame of the valve and said opening of the locking device in at least one direction, so that the locking device cannot be removed without first detaching the locking part and the valve.