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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadao Muramatsu, Toyota, JP;
Katsuhiro Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 / ; 3011 / ;
Abstract
A structure for mounting a hub cap or a wheel cap to a wheel, wherein an annular element having a strap-like body, a number of elastic tongues and a number of first and second detent portions is interposed between the cap and the wheel in such a manner that the annular element is firmly fixed to the cap by the first and second detent portions while the annular element removably engages with the wheel by the elastic tongues.