Reverse spinning wheel cover

A wheel cover assembly adapted to be connected to a motor vehicle wheel, the assembly including:

• a sun gear adapted to be secured to the motor vehicle wheel for rotation with the motor vehicle wheel;
• at least one planet gear arranged about and engaging the sun gear;
• a ring gear engaging the planet gear;
• a wheel cover fixed to the ring gear;
• a carrier plate connected to the planet gear;
• and
• a ballast connected to the carrier plate and operative to anchor the carrier plate to resist orbiting of the planet gear about the sun in response to rotation of the sun gear by the motor vehicle wheel thereby generating rotation of the ring gear and the wheel cover in a direction opposite to direction of wheel rotation.

A vehicle comprising:

• a wheel including a wheel rim mounted on a hub, the wheel rim having a central body and a plurality of mounting apertures positioned around the central body;
• a carrier plate having a plurality of mounting apertures corresponding to the mounting apertures in the wheel rim central body, wherein the wheel rim central body apertures and the carrier plate apertures are configured to receive studs positioned on the hub;
• and
• a wheel cover assembly rotatably connected to the carrier plate, the wheel cover assembly including a wheel cover and a mechanism connected to the wheel cover, the mechanism being operative in response to rotation of the wheel to rotate the wheel cover in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the wheel.