Patent ID: 6796406
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A cover for attachment to a vehicle wheel and disc brake assembly having: a wheel with a central hub, circumferentially spaced arms extending radially out from said hub, an annular outer rim for holding a vehicle tire, and circumferentially elongated openings bounded by said hub, said circumferentially spaced arms and said rim; a disc brake with a rotor having a central hub of larger diameter than said wheel hub, said hub of the brake rotor having a flat outboard end face; and attachment members for connecting said hub of the wheel to said hub of the brake rotor;said cover comprising: a flat first wall apertured to receive said hub of the brake rotor and said attachment members, said flat first wall of the cover engaging and completely covering said outboard end face of said hub of the brake rotor; said cover extending radially outward beyond said outboard end face of said hub of the brake rotor and being completely imperforate across its extent radially beyond said outboard end face of said hub of the brake rotor to shield substantially the entire disc brake from view through said openings in the wheel, said cover having an annular second wall extending perpendicularly inboard from an outer periphery of the first wall and positioned and dimensioned to snugly but slidably receive said hub of the brake rotor inboard from said outboard end face thereof; and a flat annular third wall extending radially out from an inboard edge of said second wall.