Patent ID: 7281769

Claim:
A wheel hub for a vehicle having an axle and a wheel, the hub comprising: a sleeve rotatably mounted on the axle, the sleeve having an outer surface and a sleeve bolting flange radially extending from the outer surface; a first wheel-mounting flange removably mountable to the sleeve and substantially surrounding the sleeve when mounted to the sleeve, the first wheel-mounting flange having a first set of mounting holes for bolting the first wheel-mounting flange to the sleeve bolting flange and a second set of mounting holes for bolting a wheel to the first wheel-mounting flange, the second set of mounting holes having a first configuration and being radially more distant from the sleeve than the first set of mounting holes; a second wheel-mounting flange removably mountable to the sleeve and substantially surrounding the sleeve when mounted to the sleeve, the first and second wheel mounting flanges being interchangeably mounted to the sleeve, the second wheel mounting flange having a first set of mounting holes for bolting the second wheel-mounting flange to the sleeve bolting flange and a second set of mounting holes for bolting a wheel to the second wheel-mounting flange, the second set of mounting holes having a second configuration different than the first configuration and being radially more distant from the sleeve than the first set of mounting holes; and wherein the sleeve includes a radially extending bolting lug and the first and second wheel-mounting flanges each include an inner edge defining a cavity large enough to receive the bolting lug.