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US 6,637,830 B1Granted
Spinable wheel cover
OwnerWalter Burgessinventor
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Abstract
A wheel cover for a vehicle wheel with a sprag clutch providing the connection to the cover so that the cover can overrun the wheel. A second clutch of the centrifugal type connects the sprag clutch to the vehicle wheel so that at elevated speeds the cover is not driven by the wheel.
Claims4
A spinable wheel cover for connection to a vehicle wheel comprising,
- A) a driven wheel cover assembly including securable means for drivingly securing the same to a vehicle wheel,
- B) said wheel cover assembly also including a wheel cover and connecting means for drivingly connecting said cover to said securable means at such time as the latter is rotating in a forward direction and alternatively connecting said cover to said securable means for relative rotation,
- C) said connecting means including an inner race drivingly connected to said securable means, an outer race drivingly connected to said wheel cover, and a plurality of sprags disposed between said races, whereby said connecting mean alternately functions as a clutch and as a rotative connection, and including bearing means connecting said inner race to said securable means and a speed sensitive clutch operatively disposed between said securing means and said inner race.
A spinable wheel cover for connecting to a vehicle wheel comprising,
- A) a driven wheel cover assembly including securable means for drivingly securing the same to a vehicle wheel, a wheel cover and connecting means for connecting said cover to said securing means,
- B) said connecting means including a one way clutch drivingly connected to said wheel cover and a speed sensitive clutch for drivingly connecting said one way clutch to said securing means for unitary rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.