Additional weight for a wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9752647-B2
Application number	US-201615228797-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2016
Priority date	Feb 5, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

An additional weight for a wheel for ballasting a drive axle of a working machine includes a first loading disk centrally connected to the drive axle and a second loading disk connected to the first loading disk. The first loading disk has a conical abutment face for pre-positioning the second loading disk relative to the first loading disk. The first and the second loading disks form encoding formations for mutually centering on end faces which face each other and which are in engagement with each other in a connected state of the loading disks. At least one of the end faces of at least one of the loading disks forms a spacer dome. In the connected state, the spacer dome contacts an end face of the other loading disk in order to position the first and the second loading disks with respect to each other in an axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An additional weight for a wheel for ballasting a drive axle of an agricultural working machine, comprising:
a first loading disk centrally connected to the drive axle, where the drive axle acts as an adapter element; and
at least one second loading disk connected to the first loading disk;
wherein, the first loading disk has a conical abutment face for pre-positioning the second loading disk relative to the first loading disk; and
wherein, the first and the second loading disks form encoding formations for mutually centering on end faces which face each other and which are in engagement with each other in a connected state of the loading disks, and the encoding formations in the end faces form a triangular shape;
wherein, at least one of the end faces of at least one of the loading disks forms a spacer dome, where in the connected state the spacer dome contacts an end face of the other loading disk in order to position the first and the second loading disks with respect to each other in an axial direction.

2. The additional weight of claim 1 , wherein the first and second loading disks form on at least one of the end faces spacer domes via which the loading disks contact each other in the connected state.

3. The additional weight of claim 1 , wherein the encoding formations are constructed partially as recesses and partially as protrusions.

4. The additional weight of claim 1 , wherein a through-hole extends through the spacer domes.

5. The additional weight of claim 1 , wherein the first loading disk has a securing hole circle for securing to a wheel flange of the drive axle.

Assignees

• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Röckl Michael
• Jadhav Dipak

Classifications

• B62D49/0621

  comprising traction increasing arrangements, e.g. all-wheel traction devices, multiple-axle traction arrangements, auxiliary traction increasing devices (anti-skid or anti-slip devices fitted onto the wheels B60B15/02, B60B39/12; arrangements of transmission for driving both front and rear wheels or tandem wheels of vehicles B60K17/34, B60K17/36) · CPC title

• B60B15/28

  Wheel-ballasting weights; Their attachment · CPC title

• F16F15/324 Primary

  the rotating body being a vehicle wheel (F16F15/36 takes precedence; tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for B60C19/00) · CPC title

• F16F15/322

  the rotating body being a shaft (F16F15/34, F16F15/36 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F15/34

  Fastening arrangements therefor · CPC title