Wheel cover device for a vehicle
AssigneeDaimler Truck North America LLC
InventorMatthew Rodrigues
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Abstract
A wheel cover device includes a mounting bracket mounted to a vehicle wheel; a first fastener with a first thread on the mounting bracket; a covering panel covering the wheel and having a through opening; a button movably held on the mounting bracket and the first fastener, the button having a peg; a spring supported on the mounting bracket and the button; and a second fastener with a second thread, a receptacle, and a ramp. In order to fix the covering panel to the first fastener, the second fastener is inserted into the through opening and is rotated in relation to the covering panel, so that the first fastener and the button screw the fasteners together by the threads thereby causing the peg to slide along and from the ramp into the receptacle to tension the spring and thereby tension the peg into the receptacle.
Claims10
A wheel cover device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a mounting bracket configured to be mounted to a wheel of the vehicle;
- a first fastening element provided on the mounting bracket, the first fastening element having a first thread;
- a covering panel for covering the wheel in the axial direction of the wheel, the covering panel having a first through opening;
- a button movably held on the mounting bracket and the first fastening element, the button comprising at least one peg;
- a spring supported on the mounting bracket and the button;
- and
- a second fastening element having a second thread, at least one receptacle, and at least one ramp,
- wherein, for fixing the covering panel to the first fastening element, the second fastening element is configured to be inserted into the first through opening and, subsequently, rotated in relation to the covering panel, the first fastening element and the button to screw the first fastening element and second fastening element together by the first thread and second thread thereby causing the at least one peg to slide along the at least one ramp and from the at least one ramp into the at least one receptacle such that the spring is tensioned thereby tensioning the at least one peg into the at least one receptacle by the spring.
A wheel cover device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a mounting bracket configured to be mounted to a wheel of the vehicle;
- a first fastening element provided on the mounting bracket, the first fastening element having a first thread, at least one ramp, and at least one receptacle;
- a covering panel for covering the wheel in the axial direction of the wheel, the covering panel having a through opening;
- and
- a handle having:
- a grip portion for manually rotating the handle;
- a peg portion comprising at least one peg;
- a threaded portion comprising a second thread, the threaded portion being translationally movable in relation to the grip and peg portions along a moving direction,
- wherein the threaded portion is connected with both the peg portion and the grip portion in a rotationally fixed manner,
- wherein at least one spring element by which the threaded portion is supported on the peg portion along the moving direction, and for fixing the covering panel to the first fastening element, the handle is configured to be inserted into the through opening and, subsequently, rotated by the grip portion in relation to the covering panel and the first fastening element to screw the first fastening element and the threaded portion together by the threads thereby causing the at least one peg to slide along the at least one ramp such that, while tensioning the spring, the grip and peg portions are translationally moved away from the first fastening element in relation to the threaded portion along the moving direction until the at least one peg reaches the at least one receptacle whereupon the at least one spring element at least partially relaxes thereby moving the at least one peg into the at least one receptacle while translationally moving the grip and peg portions in relation to the threaded portion along the moving direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.