Patents Assigned to Accuride EMI, LLC
  • Wheel mounting sleeve
    Patent number: 8308247
    Abstract: A sleeve for a fastener aperture in a vehicle wheel includes a tubular body having a first end and a plurality of external conically shaped barbs. The barbs include successively increasing outer diameters as a distance from the first end increases. A head radially outwardly extends from a second end of the body and is adapted to engage a land on the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture. A bore extends through the body and the head and is adapted to receive a wheel fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Accuride EMI, LLC
    Inventor: Richard R. Kazmierzak