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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Cadillac Products Automotive Company, Troy, MI (US);
Kevin E. Morse, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Robert J. Zander, Troy, MI (US);
Michael P. Williams, II, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Cadillac Products Automotive Company, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A removable brake cover apparatus is disclosed including a sidewall presenting frontal and posterior surfaces and a circumferential wall extending transversely from the sidewall to define a brake rotor receiving cavity adjacent the posterior surface of the sidewall. A brake caliper pocket having a limited circumferential extent is disposed along the sidewall and the circumferential wall to define a brake caliper receiving cavity adjacent the brake rotor receiving cavity. Engagement fingers extend radially into the brake caliper receiving cavity to engage a brake caliper received therein with an audible and/or tactile indicator defining a fully installed position of the brake cover apparatus. Locking recesses extend radially into the brake rotor receiving cavity to engage a brake dust shield received therein. Multiple ones of the brake cover apparatus disclosed are nestable with one another in a stacked arrangement wherein the engagement fingers and locking recesses perform locating and anti-rotation functions.