Patent ID: 6998001
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. The method of assembling a wheel cover to a wheel to form a wheel assembly, said method comprising the steps of: providing a wheel having an outboard surface thereon; providing a wheel cover having an inboard surface thereon adapted to face said outboard surface of said wheel; dispensing a bead of high density closed-cell foamed adhesive at least partially spread to at least one of said inboard surface of said wheel cover, and said outboard surface of said wheel, said bead of high density closed-cell adhesive comprisig a high density liquid phase adhesive and a gas phase in the form of a plurality of gas bubbles entrapped within said liquid phase adhesive; and assembling said wheel cover and said wheel together such that said inboard surface of said wheel cover faces said outboard surface of said wheel, wherein a gap is defined between said inboard surface of said wheel cover and said outboard surface of said wheel, said bead of high density closed-cell foamed adhesive being compressed to define said gap between said wheel cover and said wheel and to partially spread said bead of high density closed-cell foamed adhesive such that said plurality of gas bubbles have been at least partially released to the atmosphere as a result of said high density bead of closed-cell adhesive being at least partially spread.