# US 4,398,765 A · Cover plate for spare wheel housing

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- Number: US 4,398,765 A
- Document ID: US4398765A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/288,912
- Filed: 1981-07-31
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1980-08-11
- Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takeshi Ishikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398765A

## CPC

- B62D 43/10: and arranged substantially horizontally
- Y10T 24/309: Plastic type
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A cover plate for covering an upper opening of a spare wheel housing for accommodating a spare wheel of a vehicle. The cover plate is so formed as to completely cover the upper opening of the spare wheel housing and is provided at a center of a lower surface of the cover plate with anchoring means adapted to resiliently engage a hub hole of a wheel disc of a spare wheel, thereby preventing the cover plate from being shifted by vibrations or other forces of the vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A structure for retaining a spare wheel housing, comprising a cover plate having anchoring means engaging a hub hole of a wheel disc of a spare wheel housed in said spare wheel housing, said anchoring means comprising a disc-like head, a shaft depending from a lower surface of the head and a plurality of fingers at a lower end of said shaft and extending upwardly to form an imaginary circle larger than the hub hole of said spare wheel, said cover plate being provided at its center with a hole smaller than said disc-like head for holding said anchoring means and being further provided at a location radially spaced a predetermined distance from said center hole with a hole communicating with said center hole through an elongated slot formed in said cover plate for engaging the fingers of said head for lifting the cover plate.