US 11,813,901 B2
Device for clamping a rim of a vehicle wheel
Andreas Peinelt, Pfungstadt (DE); Mark Ortwein, Darmstadt (DE); and Martin Rogalla, Darmstadt (DE)
Assigned to Schenck RoTec GmbH, Darmstadt (DE)
Filed by Schenck RoTec GmbH, Darmstadt (DE)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/087,920.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 132 287.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0162822 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. B60C 25/05 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 25/0536 (2013.01) [B60C 25/0503 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for clamping a rim of a vehicle wheel, comprising at least four clamping elements which can be moved with respect to the rim and comprise clamping arms and support elements having support surfaces on which a rim flange of the rim can be placed,
wherein the clamping arms are rotatably mounted, about their longitudinal axis, in the clamping elements, and have clamping fingers at the end that protrude beyond the support surfaces, which fingers have clamping surfaces which can be brought into clamping contact with the placeable rim flange,
wherein each clamping element is connected to only one adjacently arranged clamping element via gear wheels so as to transmit movement, such that each respective adjacently arranged clamping elements can be moved synchronously with one another.