Patent ID: 6206479
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
Hub centric truck wheel cap and spacer apparatus engaging an axially inwardly facing retainer surface in an annulus formed between a center bore of a truck wheel having an axially inwardly facing retainer surface and a truck hub and comprising:an axially projecting cylindrical cup shaped hub cap formed on its axial inner extremity with at least one radially outwardly turned cap retainer flange for engaging behind said retainer surface, said cap further including radial clearance windows spaced circumferentially thereabout; anda spacer ring constructed to be removably received in concentric relationship with said cap, said ring formed on its outer diameter with a retainer for retaining said ring in axial spaced relationship relative to said wheel, and spacer lugs spaced circumferentially therearound for receipt in said annulus for projecting radially through said windows and formed with respective radially outwardly facing bearing facets to engage with said axially inwardly facing retainer surface in said bore.