Patent ID: 9428007
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B60B

Claim Text:
1. An illuminated wheel comprising: a wheel rim having a front face and arranged around an axis, a sidewall of the rim inwardly facing the axis, a lighting module seating surface formed in the front face of the rim and at an angle to the axis and disposed radially inwardly from the sidewall of the rim, a plurality of hollow pin guides formed in parallel to the axis and axially rearwardly extending from the lighting module seating surface, the pin guides spaced apart from each other, a plurality of bolt holes formed in the sidewall of the rim to extend radially outwardly therefrom, for each bolt hole, a bolt slidably housed in the bolt hole and having an inner radial end, the bolt operable to extend in a radial direction toward the axis so that the end of the bolt assumes a locked position, the bolt retractable into the bolt hole in a radial outward direction so that the end of the bolt assumes an unlocked position; and a lighting module formed around the axis and having a base with a rear surface, a plurality of pins extending axially rearwardly from the rear surface of the base to be received in respective ones of the pin guides, at least one sidewall of the lighting module extending axially forwardly from the rear surface of the base, a plurality of hollow bolt receivers formed to extend radially inwardly from said at least one sidewall of the lighting module, the bolt receivers being angularly spaced apart from each other, each bolt receiver adapted to receive a respective one of an end of a bolt when the last said end is in the locked position.