US 2012/0256473 A1 · VEHICLE WHEEL

Abstract

Vehicle wheel including a wheel rim a brake pot fastened to the latter and a brake disc fastened to the brake pot, wherein multiple pivotally supported plate shaped cover elements are provided on the wheel rim for temporarily closing assigned wheel rim side openings, wherein each cover element is movable along the pivot axis in opposition to the force of a restoring element an is connected to the wheel rim via a couple element which force guides in case of a shifting movement, by means of which the cover element is moved from a open position to a closed position, which the cover element assumes when the wheel rotates.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A vehicle wheel comprising:

a wheel rim;
plural plate shaped cover elements mounted on the wheel rim for pivoting about a pivot axis for temporarily closing corresponding openings in the wheel rim;
a coupling element provided for each cover element for connecting the cover element to the wheel rim and guiding the cover element from an open position into a closed position during a movement of the cover element along the pivot axis in response to a centrifugal force;
and
an elastic structure associated to the coupling element for limiting a force required for moving the cover element from the open position to the closed position.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/441,350Filed 6 Apr 2012

Priority

DE 10 2011 016 535.58 Apr 2011

Published

11 Oct 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B60B 3/10
Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body: apertured to simulate spoked wheels
B60B 7/00
Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting , venting
B60B 7/0086
The dominant aspect being the surface structure: having cooling fins
B60B 19/10
Wheels not otherwise provided for or having characteristics specified in one of the subgroups of this group: with cooling fins

Vehicle wheel

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Vehicle wheel

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Abstract

Claims13