A beadlock assembly comprises a beadlock and a separate filler ring. When installed on a wheel, the filler ring is positioned immediately adjacent the wheel, and the beadlock covers the filler ring while securing the filler ring to the wheel. Use of the filler ring enables the beadlock to comply with applicable regulations for on-road use. For off-road use, the filler ring may be removed, and the beadlock may be used to secure a bead of a tire to the wheel.

A removable spindle axle improvement using a cap attached to a rim formed along an inside surface of a torsion arm, wherein the cap seals a threaded fastener. The rim used for attachment can be a groove, collar, or a collared washer. In an alternative embodiment, a first O-ring is positioned along an end of a spindle axle tapered body and a second O-ring groove is positioned along an opposite end of the spindle axle tapered body to hermetically seal an area of the spindle axle therebetween. In a further embodiment, a first O-ring is positioned along one end of a spindle axle socket and a second O-ring is positioned along a second end of the spindle axle socket to hermetically seal an area of the spindle axle therebetween.

The invention relates to a wheel, especially for motor vehicles, comprising a wheel rim and a wheel disc, the wheel rim having a rim base made of fiber composite material. The invention is characterized in that the wheel disc (3, 11, 20, 29, 40) can be indirectly connected to the wheel rim (1), in particular the rim base (2), by means of a connecting element (5, 14, 22, 31, 35, 42) which is designed and associated with the rim base (2) in such a way that the connected wheel disc (3, 11, 20, 29, 40) is not in contact with the rim base (2).

An apparatus for a vehicle is provided that has an axle and a spindle sleeve with a spindle sleeve inner surface axis coaxial with the axis of the axle, and a spindle sleeve outer surface axis not coaxial with the axis of the axle. A hub has an axis coaxial with the spindle sleeve outer surface axis, and the hub at least partially defines a chamber. First and second ports extend through a wall of the hub to the chamber. The hub rotates about the spindle sleeve through the aid of two bearings. Lubricant is present within the chamber, and the first port provides a pathway for a pressurized fluid to be introduced into the chamber to force the lubricant out of the chamber via the second port.

A wheel width direction (Y) cross-section of a well portion (11A) includes a hump portion (H1) and a hump portion (H2) that protrude to the outside (Z1) in a wheel radial direction (Z), and a curved surface (11s) that connects hump portion (H1) and hump portion (H2) and is sunken to the inside (Z2) in the wheel radial direction (Z). The curved surface (11s) is formed as a series of circular arcs (11e, 11f, 11g) that have centers of curvature (O1, O2, O3) that are further to the outside (Z1) in the wheel radial direction (Z) than the curved surface (11s).

Wheel bearing units are disclosed. In one example, a wheel bearing unit includes an outer ring element and an inner ring element, between which there are arranged at least two rolling body rows. The inner ring element may have a radial flange which is fastenable to an axle body or to a wheel. The radial flange and/or the inner ring element may have at least one projection on a surface facing toward the outer ring element.

Sealing device for a wheel-hub unit provided with a rolling bearing and having a central axis and being provided with a screen joined together with an outer ring of the bearing to sealingly isolate the bearing and having a cylindrical mounting wall coaxial with the central axis and engaged with a collar of an outer ring of the bearing, and an annular reading wall, arranged transversely with respect to the axis, connected to the cylindrical wall and facing a phonic wheel mounted inside the bearing; the annular reading wall having a thickness variable radially depending on an angle of oscillation of the phonic wheel between an undeformed position. An annular front surface of the phonic wheel is equidistant from a plane perpendicular to the axis, and a possible deflected position, in which the annular front surface of the phonic wheel is arranged equidistant from an annular reading wall.

A nipple for spoked wheels of the tubeless type comprises a first and a second shoulder which are formed on a rod with a blind axial hole which is internally threaded at an end of the rod which is distal from the opening of the axial hole and in a zone of the rod which is proximal with respect to the opening, respectively. A first recess for a sealing ring is formed on the rod behind the first shoulder and at least a second recess for a second sealing ring is formed on the rod between the first recess and the second shoulder.

A wheel end assembly having a steering knuckle, a hub, and a compression ring. The steering knuckle may have an opening that may extend around a spindle. The hub may be rotatably disposed on the spindle. The compression ring may be disposed on the hub and may be at least partially disposed in the opening.

A wheel bearing device equipped with: an inner member including an outer ring (2), a hub ring (3), and at least one inner ring (4) press-fitted into the hub ring (3); multiple rows of rolling bodies (5a/5b); a magnetic encoder (9) provided on an end portion of the inner ring; a cover (10) fitted onto the outer ring; and a magnetic sensor (11) provided on the cover. The cover includes a large-diameter cylindrical section (10a) fitted onto the outer ring, a step section (10b) protruding toward the inside in the radial direction and contacting an end surface of the outer ring, and a small-diameter cylindrical section (10c) extending in the axial direction from the step section. A portion of the ground-surface side of the small-diameter cylindrical section forms a protruding circumferential surface (S), and a drain hole (10e) is formed in the protruding circumferential surface.