Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Patent
1984-08-16
1987-06-09
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
301 37R, 301 37P, 301 37B, B60B 702
Patent
active
046715754
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a decorative wheel ring fastening arrangement for use on a vehicle wheel, in particular, for fastening to a passenger vehicle wheel rim.
Various forms of decorative wheel rings and fastening arrangements for passenger vehicle wheel rims as known. One well-known such form of fastening means comprises an axially extending flange means on the ring and adapted to lie radially inwardly of the wheel flange when the ring is applied to the wheel, with means defining a plurality of clip-receiving recesses on the radially outer side of the flange means around the ring. Each of the recesses has an open axially inner end, with a spring clip for each recess, each clip comprising an interior portion inserted into and axially interlocked with its recess and an exterior portion extending exteriorly of its recess at the open axially inner end. Each exterior portion comprises a retaining finger extending both axially outwardly and radially outwardly for engagement with the wheel flange, the finger including a pair of circumferentially spaced, sharp pointed teeth projecting outwardly of the plane of the finger for biting engagement with the wheel flange. Each clip includes resilient means resiliently connecting its finger to the interior portion of its clip for enabling the finger to resiliently deflect toward its recess upon application of the ring to the wheel.
Although mechanically effective for the purpose, such form of fastening means is relatively complicated in construction and costly to produce. The present invention aims to provide a decorative wheel ring fastening means which is no less effective for the purpose and is simpler in construction and thus less costly to produce, the decorative wheel trim being fastened to the so-called hump of a passenger vehicle wheel rim.
Reference is made in this regard to the Tire and Rim Association of Australia 1980 Standards Manual, which sets out the basic terms used in relation to wheel rims, that is, in having in transverse cross section an axially concentric arcuate transversely outer flange, which merges into an axially concentric transversely outer tyre-bead seat, which in turn merges into an axially concentric hump, which in turn merges into an axially concentric well, which in turn merges into an axially concentric transversely inner tyre-bead seat, which in turn merges into an axially concentric heel, which in turn merges into an axially concentric arcuate transversely inner flange.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a decorative wheel trim suitable for an automobile wheel rim which in transverse cross section has an axially concentric arcuate transversely outer flange having a radially inner surface and merges into an axially concentric transversely outer tire-bead seat having a radially inner surfce and in turn merges into an axially concentric hump having a radially inner surface and in turn merges into an axially concentric well having a transversely outer corner, said decorative wheel trim comprising a decorative ring member in the form of a concentric right-angle section having a concentric base portion for location transversely and radially outermost adjacent the radially inner surface of said outer flange of the wheel rim, with a concentric flange portion having castellation members for location adjacent the radially inner surface of the outer tire-bead seat of the wheel rim, said castellation members outstanding from the flange portion of the concentric right-angle section of the ring member in alignement therewith and having a thickness materially less than the thickness of the flange portion of the concentric right-angle section of the ring member so that the castellation members can flex at their juncture with the flange portion of said concentric right-angle section of the ring member sufficiently in relation to said flange portion as to be resiliently deflectable and each said castellation member having an end enlargement transversely at the inner ma
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Gnezda Drago
Pfeiffer Otto
Edson Industries Pty., Ltd.
Reeves Robert B.
Stormer Russell D.
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