Patent · US Expired

Ventilating ornamental wheel cover for solid wheels

US4219241A · kind A · utility

8Cited by

8References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

Alf Muller · Winnenden, DE
Bernd Loper · Bad Marienberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 1978
Grant date	Aug 26, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 1998

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60B7/00
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel cover for solid wheels which include air suction openings provided in a wheel pan. The wheel cover includes a cover plate which terminates in a region of the wheel flange and defines with the wheel flange an annular air outlet opening. A plurality of more or less radially extending ventilator fins are disposed on a backside of the cover plate and the cover plate is provided in a radially inner zone of the ventilator fins with additional air suction openings. The ventilator fins are integrally formed with the cover plate and terminate radially outwardly about a periphery of the cover plate.

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