Ford Motor Company Limited

Gerald F Herbert

Syed H Sarmast

Charles F Hodge

Gary M Sopko

Dennis Michael Sopko

Randall W Stay

A wheel and cover assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes a resilient cushioning assembly positioned laterally intermediate a wheel covering disc and a vehicle road wheel. The cushioning assembly consists of a plurality of upstanding channels defined on the laterally inner face of the wheel cover disc into which is inserted a rubber cushioning member which includes a mounting portion for reliable retention by the channel and a ramp portion for effective engagement with the outer annular surface of the wheel.

Cushioned wheel and cover assembly

A wheel and cover assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes standoff ribs formed on the laterally inner side of a wheel cover which have a free end that includes a curved surface, which may be formed as a radius tangent to the adjacent wheel surface, for accommodating manufacturing tolerances which result in variance in lateral spacing between the wheel cover and the wheel when the wheel cover is mechanically secured to the wheel.

Wheel and cover assembly with radiused standoff

A wheel and cover assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes a road wheel and a cover member aligned road wheel and provides a continuous cushioning member interposed laterally between the cover and the road wheel. The cushioning member is formed as the rubber band L-shaped in cross-section which cooperates with a plurality of circumferentially spaced standoff ribs formed on the laterally inner surface of the cover.

Automotive wheel and cover assembly with cushioning band

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 openings through each of which spaced openings extends the end of a corresponding lug studs. Wheel cover retainer nuts engage the lug studs to secure the wheel cover to the wheel.

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Gerald F Herbert