Steel ring adjustment structure of a wheel cover
US7284801B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60B7/12
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wheel cover has several equidistant securing parts near to an edge, which each have a detained portion on an outward side thereof; a first one of the securing parts has an inwards-facing protruding portion; the first securing part has several holes on each of two ends of the detained portion and the protruding portion; a steel ring is inserted in chosen ones of the holes at two free ends and tightly pressed against all the securing parts except the first one such that free ends of the securing parts are radially outwardly displaced, and the securing parts are tightly pressed against an inward edge of a wheel to prevent the wheel cover from falling off; the holes of the first securing part are coplanar therefore there won't be reduction in the moment arm of force when changing steel rings and using other ones of the holes for connection.
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