Center lock simulated cap assembly for an automobile wheel
AssigneeDesign Infini, Inc.
InventorSuny Chung
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Abstract
An automobile wheel having a hub and a cap assembly configured to removably attach to the hub is provided herein. The cap assembly includes a base component, a lug hole cover, and a center cap. The base component is removably coupled to the hub, and includes a cylindrical portion with an outer threaded surface that extends outward from the hub when the base component is coupled to the hub. The lug hole cover removably fits over the cylindrical portion of the base component to cover the plurality of lug hole openings of the hub. Additionally, the center cap is removably coupled to the base component and retain the lug hole cover against the hub.
Claims11
An automobile wheel, comprising:
- an outer rim;
- a hub defined generally at the center of the automobile wheel, the hub having a plurality of lug hole openings arranged around a center hub opening;
- a base component removably couplable to the hub to cover the center hub opening, the base component having an upper cylindrical portion configured to extend outward from the hub when the base component is coupled to the hub;
- a lug hole cover having a center opening configured to fit over the upper cylindrical portion of the base component to cover one or more of the plurality of lug hole openings of the hub;
- and
- a cap configured to removably couple to the upper cylindrical portion of the base component to thereby retain the lug hole cover against the hub,
- wherein at least a portion of the lug hole cover is configured to be interposed between and operatively contact the cap and the base component when the center cap, the base component and the lug hole cover are coupled together.
An automobile wheel, comprising:
- an outer rim;
- a hub defined generally at the center of the automobile wheel, the hub having a recessed outer surface and a plurality of lug hole openings arranged around a center hub opening;
- a base component removably couplable to the hub to cover the center hub opening, the base component having
- an upper cylindrical portion with a first outer surface that is configured to extend outward from the hub when the base component is coupled to the hub;
- and
- a flange configured to be attached to the hub around the center hub opening when the base component is coupled to the hub;
- a lug hole cover having a center opening configured to fit over the cylindrical portion of the base component to cover the plurality of lug hole openings of the hub;
- and
- a center cap with an inner surface configured to couple to the base component so that the inner surface of the center cap engages onto the outer surface of the base component to thereby retain the lug hole cover against the hub,
- wherein the flange is further configured to be positioned between the hub and the lug hole cover when the base component and the lug hole cover is coupled to the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.