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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohito Matsuoka, Nagoya, JP;

Seiichi Tsunoda, Nisshin, JP;

Jiro Goto, Seto, JP;

Masayuki Yamada, Chofu, JP;

Yasutaka Eto, Okazaki, JP;

Keima Fukunaga, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 7/20 (2006.01); B60B 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 7/20 (2013.01); B60B 7/0033 (2013.01); B60B 7/0086 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60Q 1/326 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60B 2900/3312 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a wheel cover for a vehicle. The wheel cover is supported to be relatively rotatable with rotation of a wheel having a tire attached to an outer periphery of the wheel. The wheel cover has a shape indicating a moving direction of a vehicle or a figure indicating the moving direction of the vehicle outward in a vehicle width direction, and is configured to be turned by an actuator such that, when the moving direction of the vehicle is changed, the shape or the figure indicates the moving direction of the vehicle.


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