Direct bolt simulated cap
AssigneeDesign Infini, Inc.
InventorsSuny Chung, Myles Kovacs
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Abstract
A cap configured to be connected to a wheel having a hub and a series of openings configured to receive fasteners attaching the wheel to a vehicle. The cap includes a disc defining a series of openings. The number of openings in the cap is less than the number of openings in the wheel. Each opening in the cap is configured to align with a corresponding opening in the wheel. Additionally, the cap is configured to conceal a remainder of the openings in the wheel that are not aligned with the openings in the cap.
Claims15
A cap configured to be connected to an automobile wheel having a first plurality of openings configured to receive a plurality of lug bolts through at least some but not all of the first plurality of openings for coupling the automobile wheel with a wheel hub assembly of the automobile, the cap comprising:
- a body defining a second plurality of openings that is less than the first plurality of openings of the automobile wheel, wherein each of the second plurality of openings is configured to align with one of the first plurality of openings in the automobile wheel so that the aligned openings in the cap and the automobile wheel receive the plurality of lug bolts to couple the automobile wheel to the wheel hub assembly of the automobile, and wherein the cap covers and conceals a remainder of the first plurality of openings in the automobile wheel.
An automobile wheel assembly for coupling an automobile wheel to an automobile irrespective of a lug bolt pattern for a wheel hub assembly of the automobile, comprising:
- an automobile wheel configured to be coupled to a wheel hub assembly of an automobile via a plurality of lug bolts in a fixed lug bolt pattern, the automobile wheel having a first plurality of circumferentially arranged openings, where at least some but less than all of the first plurality of openings are configured to receive the plurality of lug bolts to couple the automobile wheel to the wheel hub assembly of the automobile;
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- a cap detachably coupled to the automobile wheel, the cap defining a second plurality of openings that is less than the first plurality of openings of the automobile wheel, wherein each of the second plurality of openings is configured to align with one of the first plurality of openings in the automobile wheel so that the aligned openings in the cap and the automobile wheel receive the plurality of lug bolts to couple the automobile wheel to the wheel hub assembly of the automobile, and wherein the cap covers and conceals a remainder of the first plurality of openings in the automobile wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.