Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Patent
1987-05-14
1988-03-08
Gall, Lloyd A.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
24297, 4034081, 411 50, 411 60, F16B 1306
Patent
active
047296062
ABSTRACT:
A wheel cap mounting apparatus for mounting a wheel cap on a disk wheel includes a retainer to be fixedly mounted on the disk wheel, and a bolt for holding the wheel cap to the retainer. The retainer includes a body portion having a throughhole and a nut embedded in the body portion by molding. The threaded hole in the nut aligns with the throughhole in the body portion. A small-diametered insert section is connected to the body portion and adapted to be inserted into an opening formed in the disk wheel. The small-diametered insert section has a hole formed therethrough, which is in alignment with the throughhole formed in the body portion. The retainer further has claws formed integrally with the small-diametered insert section such that the claws project radially outwardly from the small-diametered insert section. By the use of the retainer the wheel cap is rigidly mounted on the disk wheel such that the insert section of the retainer is inserted through the opening formed in the disk wheel with the claws being held in engagement with the peripheral edge of the opening, while the bolt screwed into the nut has its shank being located adjacent the claws to prevent the insert section from being pulled out from the opening.
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Hosono Masami
Narita Yasuhide
Shirai Noboru
Gall Lloyd A.
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
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