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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gerardo Alejandro Perez Rojo, Metepec, MX;
Laura Imelda Luengo Herrero, Cuautitlán Izcalli, MX;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A center cap is provided for a motor vehicle wheel. That center cap includes a disc-shaped body having a plurality of radially arrayed mounting projections for engaging in a plurality of cooperating slots in the wheel. Further, a motor vehicle wheel is provided. That motor vehicle wheel includes a body incorporating a wheel hub having a central opening defined within a boundary wall and a center cap received and held in the central opening. The center cap includes a plurality of radially arrayed mounting projections while the body includes a matching plurality of slots and tapering channels sized and shaped to receive the plurality of radially arrayed mounting projections.