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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2017
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Maxion Wheels U.s.a. Llc, Novi, MI (US);
Daniel Walser, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Benjamin Edward Ebel, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Ralf Duning, Solingen, DE;
Johan Vits, Boechout, BE;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
MAXION WHEELS U.S.A. LLC, Novi, MI (US);
Abstract
A hubcap for a wheel with a floating tire seat, the wheel having a rim comprising a tire seat extended axially outwards by a flange, the tire seat being radially floating, comprises a central edge and an exterior periphery, in which the central edge comprises fixing elements for attaching to the rigid part of the wheel and in which the central edge is connected to the exterior periphery by an intermediate sector that is deformable so that the exterior periphery can be moved at least radially inwards with respect to the central edge.