Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Patent
1990-05-16
1991-10-15
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
301 37SC, B60B 706
Patent
active
050568728
ABSTRACT:
A wheel trim assembly including a plurality of radial extending spoke members is characterized by a plate integrally formed from a polymeric material and includes an arrangement disposed between the plate and vehicle wheel for inhibiting rotation of a lock nut centrally of the plate the nut adapted to releasably engage a threaded spindle from the vehicle wheel to retain the plate thereto, and a spoke retention arrangement for captivating the inward radial ends of a first and second plurality of spoke members, respectively, on a first and second axial layer. The outer retention contemplates a separate lock collar being insertably, nonrotatably captivated within a central plate opening and the integral arrangement for inhibiting rotation of the lock nut rotatably disposed therewithin.
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NI Industries Inc.
Stormer Russell D.
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