Wheel cover assembly for motor vehicles
AssigneeMexa Co., LTD.
InventorMexa Chiu
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Abstract
A wheel assembly including a wheel having a recessed wall portion at an outer side and a smoothly curved peripheral wall portion around the recessed wall portion, a wheel cover having a plurality of sliding grooves radially disposed at an inner side and a plurality of locating blocks by the sliding grooves, the locating blocks defining with the wheel cover a respective receiving chamber, and a plurality of clamps fastened to the wheel and the wheel cover to hold them together, each clamp having one end hooked on the peripheral wall portion of the wheel and an opposite end inserted through one sliding groove into the corresponding receiving chamber.
Claims6
A wheel assembly comprising a wheel, fastening means, and a wheel cover fastened to said wheel by said fastening means, wherein:
- said wheel cover includes an inner side, a circular shape, a plurality of sliding grooves radially disposed at the inner side, and a plurality of locating blocks raised from the inner side and respectively disposed adjacent to said sliding grooves, said locating blocks defining with the inner side of said wheel cover a respective receiving chamber in alignment with said sliding grooves to receive said fastening means;
- said wheel has a recessed wall portion at an outer side, which receives said locating blocks, and a smoothly curved peripheral wall portion around said recessed wall portion for mounting said fastening means permitting said wheel cover to be fastened to said wheel by said fastening means;
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- said fastening means comprises a plurality of clamps, each of said plurality of clamps including a hook-shaped end on the smoothly curved peripheral wall portion of said wheel and an opposite end respectively inserted through said sliding grooves into said respective receiving chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.