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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2012
Wolfgang Schmid, Freising, DE;
Karl-heinz Meitinger, München, DE;
Christoph Kossira, Ingolstadt, DE;
Heinrich Beringer, Denkendorf, DE;
Wolfgang Schmid, Freising, DE;
Karl-Heinz Meitinger, München, DE;
Christoph Kossira, Ingolstadt, DE;
Heinrich Beringer, Denkendorf, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
Vehicle wheel including a wheel rim a brake pot fastened to the latter and a brake disc fastened to the brake pot, wherein multiple pivotally supported plate shaped cover elements are provided on the wheel rim for temporarily closing assigned wheel rim side openings, wherein each cover element is movable along the pivot axis in opposition to the force of a restoring element an is connected to the wheel rim via a couple element which force guides in case of a shifting movement, by means of which the cover element is moved from a open position to a closed position, which the cover element assumes when the wheel rotates.