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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314256 | Wheel bearing dust cap for racing cars A dust cap is mounting on the front wheel of a racing car to prevent contamination of the corresponding wheel bearings. The dust cap is threaded for engagement with corresponding threads formed on the wheel hub to allow the dust cap to be quickly removed or installe... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7226133 | Environment protector air compressor pressurized wheel hub A pressurized wheel hub formed from an air-tight sealing arrangement located on each end of a wheel hub to form a closed air system in the interior of the wheel hub. The closed air system fluidly coupled to a DC power air compressor for receiving pressurized air. A ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204561 | Cap with a roughly disk shape and a wheel including the same A is attached to a hollow portion in a wheel, an inner peripheral groove is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion and an outer peripheral groove is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cap, forming a single annular space. Into the ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185955 | Visual indicator for pressurized hub A tactile and visual indicator is mounted on the hub cap of an axle of a vehicle. The indicator has a deformable face that protrudes away from the hub cap in response to the presence of pressurized air in the space containing the wheel bearings. The position of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6971722 | Low cost truck or like hubcaps The hub cap has first end wall portion, a sidewall portion and a laterally extending mounting flange. There are plural fastener-receiving openings in the flange. A second endwall portion is integrally formed on the flange and is free from engagement with the hold-do... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969124 | Center cap for vehicle wheel A wheel center cap for a vehicle wheel includes a substantially planar body portion, and a plurality of flexibly resilient fingers extending substantially orthogonal to the body portion and adapted to be received within a central aperture of a wheel. Each finger inc... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6596370 | Resin molded article having opening and method for producing the same A method for producing a resin-molded article having openings which is free from a weld at a conjunction portion of synthetic resin flows and which exhibits excellent surface appearance and satisfactory strength provides a resin-molded article. This metho... | 07/22/2003 |
| 5586632 | Pulse actuated interlock mechanism A pulse actuated interlock mechanism for a vehicle that couples and uncouples a drive member and a driven member. A clutch member is slidably movable to couple or uncouple the drive and driven members. A latchable piston assembly in combination with a ret... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5551530 | Pressure reducing cap for a liquid lubricant-filled wheel hub A hub-spindle assembly is provided having a spindle and a hub with forward and rearward apertures and an axial passageway extending therebetween. The spindle is received through the rearward aperture into the axial passageway and a wheel bearing is conven... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5482358 | Vented plug for a hubcap A vented plug for a hubcap is disclosed and is comprised of a rubber, elastomer or Neophrene™ material having an insert molded therein with the insert being impervious to water and other contaminants so that water and other contaminants may not enter th... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5380103 | Self tightening venting end cap for vehicle wheel bearing An end cap for sealing one side of the bearing space of a non powered vehicle wheel bearing having an inner spindle and a surrounding, outer hub. The outermost perimeter of the cap is securely latched to the outer surface of the edge of the hub. A concave... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5303800 | Closed lubrication system for wheel hub bearings A lubricator for the bearings of a wheel hub that includes a bellows for accommodating changes in pressure in the wheel hub and utilizes a nongrease lubricant. Methods of manufacturing the lubricator and of lubricating wheel bearings are also provided.... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5195807 | Venting wheel bearing end cap A wheel bearing end cap is integrally molded from plastic, and is vented so that it will not be blown out of the wheel hub due to pressure fluctuations. A conical depression in the center section of the cap includes an integral fracture line that breaks a... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5161860 | Wheel cap A wheel cap includes a disk-shaped base made of resin, a plurality of resin engagers integral with the base and disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction on the rear surface of the base and protruding perpendicularly therefrom so as to be defor... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5112112 | Center hub cap for vehicle wheels There is disclosed a center hub cap for vehicle wheels, to be mounted on a wheel for covering a center hole therein. The cap is composed of a flexible material and includes a generally disc-like main body and a plurality of integral projections arranged o... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5011233 | Cap for hub unit and hub unit for axle of automobile A cap for a hub unit having a projecting wall so that when the cap is attached to a hub unit for an axle is of an automobile, the projecting wall prevents grease in the rotary portion of the hub unit from moving to the inside of the cap.... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4943122 | Center hub cap for vehicle wheels A center hub cap for vehicle wheels includes a dish-like main body of a synthetic resin material, as well as hollow and substantially cylindrical projections and retainer legs. These projections and legs are both formed integrally with the main body to pr... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4895415 | Vehicle wheel cover and assembly A vehicle wheel cover assembly is provided comprising a vehicle wheel mounted on a plurality of circumferentially spaced lug studs with lug stud nuts. A wheel cover overlaying the vehicle wheel is formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced openin... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4790605 | Vehicle wheel with ornamental plastic overlay A composite styled wheel having a metal wheel mounting disc and rim secured together and adapted to receive a tire thereon, and a plastic ornamental overlay body permanently affixed and covering at least a part of the outboard face of the disc and/or rim.... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4781419 | Hub cap locking arrangement A hub cap locking arrangement, in which, in a first embodiment, a hub cap having a cup-shaped configuration with a generally tubular portion insertable into the wheel hub opening, the tubular portion having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4547021 | Hub cap securing arrangement engaging wheel lugs A disc wheel for motor vehicles, including a disc defining equi-angularly spaced holes, screws for fixing the wheel to its support and engageable in said holes, and a hub cap attached to the disc, the improvement consists in the disc and the hub cap havin... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4511182 | Skate wheel cover A skate wheel cover has a cover member and a tubular sleeve depending from the back of the cover member. A roller skate wheel is rotatably mounted on an axle by a bearing assembly. The wheel is secured to the axle by a nut threadably received on the end o... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4503944 | Device for cooling motor vehicle wheels A device for cooling the wheels of motor vehicles which are equipped with disc brakes mounted on the wheels between the wheel centers and a cover plate. The rotors of the disc brakes are fastened to the wheel flange of the wheel hub by a pot-shaped part w... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4457560 | Hubcap with improved retention structure A hubcap comprises an outer plastic hubcap element and an inner metal retention element secured together. The retention element includes retention tabs, circumferentially spaced, which are disposed in apertures of the plastic hubcap element, the apertures... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4447092 | Wheel trim retention A wheel trim retention system is disclosed which comprises an ornamental trim member fabricated from a polymeric composition and a retention band mechanically interlocked thereto in such a manner as to substantially reduce the residual stresses on the tri... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4295685 | Plastic and metal wheel trim assembly A wheel trim assembly for vehicle wheels having a plastic body member with selected portions covered with a cover member made from thin metal and fastened to the exposed face of the plastic body member so that portions of the wheel trim have a metallic fi... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4073540 | Sealed hub cap and method A hub cap assembly for vehicle axles which includes a rigid hub cap body with a sidewall portion and a radially inwardly directed flange having a window therein so that the lubricant level in the axle housing can be seen without removing the hub cap. The ... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4067621 | Plastic hub cap An inexpensive relatively theft-proof hub cap for the center of a vehicle wheel made up of inner and outer caps joined together by a screw thread connection and locking means. Each cup is plastic and molded in one piece. One of various locking arrangement... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4040672 | Center cap for a wheel Center cap for the hub of a wheel which is characterized by the provision of elastically deformable joint ratchets at the open end of a cylindrical cap body, the joint ratchets provided with a groove on their outer periphery which receives an annular prot... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4012078 | Wheel cover snap on fastener A plurality of axially extending resilient prongs on a wheel cover, the free ends of which extend through prong receiving holes in the mounting bolt circle area of a disk of a vehicle wheel. The prongs are bifurcated with a pair of spaced apart axially ex... | 03/15/1977 |
