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Flexible hubcap for a vehicle wheel having a floating seat

US11396204B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN · FR
Maxion Wheels U.S.A. LLC · US

Inventors

Daniel Walser · Villars-sur-Glâne, CH
Benjamin E. Ebel · Greenville, US
Ralf Duning · Solingen, DE
Johan Vits · Boechout, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 25, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60B21/12
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hubcap for a wheel with a floating tire seat, the wheel having a rim comprising a tire seat extended axially outwards by a flange, the tire seat being radially floating, comprises a central edge and an exterior periphery, in which the central edge comprises fixing elements for attaching to the rigid part of the wheel and in which the central edge is connected to the exterior periphery by an intermediate sector that is deformable so that the exterior periphery can be moved at least radially inwards with respect to the central edge.

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