US 2026/0201929 A1Published application

Mud control device for vehicle tire

OwnerEric Paradis, David Wilkinsoninventors

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Abstract

A mud control device that is operably coupled adjacent a brake system component of a vehicle within the vehicle wheel wherein the mud control device substantially inhibits mud and debris from contacting the brake calipers and pads of the vehicle. The mud control device includes a center portion that is planar in manner having a first end and a second end. The center portion includes a first longitudinal edge that is arcuate in form. Opposite the first longitudinal edge is the second longitudinal edge which is straight in form and configured to be placed adjacent the inner surface of a vehicle wheel. The center portion has a first lateral member contiguously formed therewith at the first end of the center portion being perpendicular therewith. A second lateral member is present at the second end of the center portion and is perpendicular thereto.

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Dependent claims

A mud control device that is configured to substantially inhibit mud and debris from contacting brake system components adjacent a vehicle wheel wherein the mud control device comprises:

a body, said body having a center portion, said center portion being planar in manner having a first end and a second end, said center portion having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, said body further having a first lateral member, said first lateral member being contiguous with said center portion at said first end thereof, said first lateral member being perpendicular to said center portion, said body further including a second lateral member, said second lateral member being contiguous with said center portion at said second end thereof, said second lateral member being perpendicular to said center portion;
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wherein said body is mounted adjacent a brake caliper so as to position said second longitudinal edge adjacent an inner surface of the vehicle wheel positioning said body in front of the brake caliper so as to substantially inhibit mud and debris from contacting the brake caliper.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.