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US 2014/0152079 A1Published application
Assembly for vehicle
AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsChristopher Vickers, Mark Phillips, Martin R. Peel
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AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsChristopher Vickers, Mark Phillips, Martin R. Peel
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A vehicle trim assembly for mounting directly or indirectly to a vehicle wheel (10) has a centre cap (12), a locking member (13), and a cap badge (36). The locking member is mounted on the centre cap component, whereby a number of projecting portions (28) provided on the locking member (13) engage with a corresponding number of resilient catches (20) provided on the centre cap (12). The locking member is rotatable between a lock and an unlock position. In the lock position, separation of the centre cap component (12) from the vehicle wheel (10) is prevented by the locking member (13). A number of features (39, 40, 41) are provided on the rear face of the cap badge (36). When the cap badge is fitted to the assembly, these features engage with corresponding cooperating features (19, 24) provided on the centre cap (12) and the locking member (13), thereby preventing the locking member from moving relative to the centre cap (12). An interference locking arrangement, provided on a radially outside surface of the projecting portions (28) of the locking member and the resilient catches (20) of the centre cap component, prevents the locking member from accidentally rotating from a lock to an unlock position.
An assembly comprising a trim component intended to be mounted directly or indirectly on the wheel of a vehicle, the trim component having at least one resilient catch and intended for mounting on a second component and retained relative to said second component by way of the at least one resilient catch, wherein the assembly further comprises a locking member operable between unlocked and locked positions and arranged such that when in the locked position it prevents movement of the at least one resilient catch, and thereby prevents the assembly from being separated from the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.