Non-rotating center cap
OwnerJuan Carlos Castro-Villanuevainventor
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The present invention provides a non-rotating center cap for use with vehicle wheel. The present invention comprises a support, an interlocking device, an ornamental object, and a sealer cap. The support is the part of the non-rotating center cap that affixes to the center bore of a vehicle wheel, the interlocking device is mounted in a depression formed on the support. The interlocking device biases the orientation and prevents the rotation of an ornamental object that is connected to it. The sealer cap is connected to the support, the sealer cap protects the ornamental object from water, dust, debris and oil, the sealer cap prevents movements of the ornamental object that could be caused by winds when the vehicle is in motion. The ornamental object does not rotate when the vehicle is in motion, which allows the ornamental object to be readily visible.
A non-rotating center cap (24) for a vehicle wheel, said non rotating center cap (24) comprising an interlocking device (10) which includes a female connector (1), a weight (2), a bearing (3), a compression spring (4) and a male connector (5), said bearing (3) is adapted to be mounted into a depression (27) that is formed in a support (6), the female connector (1) is adapted to slide through the inner ring of the bearing (3) and the weight (2), the male connector (5) includes a set of protrusions (31) that are adapted to be locked in a set of locking chambers (42) that are formed in the female connector (1),the force exerted by the aforesaid compression spring (4) interlocks the components of the interlocking device (10), the mass disposition of the weight (2) prevents the rotation of the female connector (1), the weight (2), the inner ring of the bearing (3), the compression spring (4) and the male connector (5), the male connector (5) is adapted to connect with an ornamental object (7).
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