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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:
Aug. 16, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard W Smith, Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Motor Wheel Corporation, Lansing, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 / ; 301 / ; 2915 / ;
Abstract
A composite ornamental vehicle wheel assembly comprising a steel wheel having an overlay molded thereon along the axially outboard surface of the wheel disc and the radially inboard surface of the rim. A plurality of wire spoke elements are mounted in paired axially spaced circumferential arrays between nipples threaded into the overlay adjacent the wheel rim and support pockets formed in the overlay radially inwardly of the rim. Annular retaining elements are mounted to the overlay structure and capture the inner ends of the various spoke elements in assembly.