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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. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 3741 ; 301 3734 ;
Abstract
A wheel, made of aluminium, for an automobile, including an aluminum body part, and a cover as a design part which is removably fitted to the aluminum body part. The aluminum body part, including a rim part and a disc part, imparts a desired strength to the wheel. The cover has a substantially disc-shaped cover body that covers a front face of the aluminum body part, and fixing means, arranged circumferentially with a spacing therebetween, which is installed on a rear surface of the cover body.