Wheel cover
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsIsao Sumi, Takashi Yamada, Eiji Saito, Keiichi Kitayama, Yasuhide Narita
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Abstract
A cover body (22) has mounting claws (25), which are provided on a peripheral part thereof and restrained by a wire ring (23) from deforming toward the center of the cover body. The cover body is attached to a disc wheel of a vehicle by these mounting claws in such a way as to cover an outer surface part of the disc wheel. In this wheel cover, the necessity for additionally attaching the wire ring to the cover body is eliminated by inserting the wire ring thereinto and performing die-forming. Further, the stiffness of the cover body can be enhanced. Thus, a forming cycle time can be decreased. Moreover, the thickness of the cover body can be reduced.
Claims7
A wheel cover comprising:
- a metallic wire ring;
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- a synthetic resin cover body which is die-formed by inserting the wire ring thereinto, the resin cover restrained by the wire ring, and the resin cover includes a mounting claw provided on a peripheral part thereof and restrained by the wire ring from deforming toward a center thereof, the mounting claw being attached to a disc wheel of a vehicle so that the resin cover covers an outer surface of the disc wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.