Patent ID: 7347504
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A spinner hubcap assembly for attachment to a vehicle having a multiplicity of wheels with each wheel attached through a respective wheel rim to a wheel hub having a given diameter which wheel hub rotates when the vehicle is in motion, each spinner hubcap assembly comprising: a. a base plate having an axially outer surface and a circumferential sidewall which define an interior chamber, the circumferential sidewall having a given height and diameter sufficient to cover the wheel hub, the axially outer surface having a centrally disposed opening and a multiplicity of small openings around the central opening; b. a spinner shaft rotatably connected to a spinner plate by a first bearing, the spinner plate affixed to the interior of the axially outer surface of the base plate by a multiplicity of threaded bolts which respectively extend through a respective small opening in the axially outer surface of the base plate and through an aligned opening in the spinner plate and is respectively affixed by a nut, the spinner shaft extending through the opening and axially outward of the axially outer surface of the base plate; c. a spinner assembly including a central hub having a multiplicity of spinner blades attached thereto, the central hub having a central opening through which the spinner shaft extends, the spinner shaft having a second bearing positioned axially inward of the central hub and an interlocking third bearing positioned axially outward of the central hub so that the central hub can rotate relative to the shaft, the third bearing secured within the spinner by a washer and at least one nut on the spinner shaft, a spinner hubcap affixed to the central hub and enclosing the third bearing and axially outward portion of the spinner shaft; and d. the spinner shaft rotatable within the spinner plate and the central hub and the multiplicity of spinner blades rotatable around the spinner shaft, and the base plate fit over the wheel hub and press fit between the wheel hub and the wheel rim so that when the vehicle is in motion, the base plate rotates and the spinner blades rotate relative to the base plate, and when the vehicle is stopped, the spinner blades can continue to rotate.