Patent ID: 6983998

Claim:
A wheel cover for covering a rim of a vehicle wheel, comprising a carrier plate with a bearing hub, said bearing hub being connected to the rim, and the rim in turn being attached to a wheel axle by means of wheel bolts having wheel bolt heads; also comprising a ball bearing attached to the bearing hub, and a mounting element fixed on an outer ring of the ball bearing, said mounting element supporting a wheel cover disc; and further comprising a pair of eccentric weights ( 21 , 21 ′) connected to the wheel cover disc; wherein the carrier plate ( 5 ) is detachably connected to the wheel bolt heads and the two eccentric weights ( 21 , 21 ′) are mounted on an interior side of the wheel cover disc ( 16 ) that faces the carrier plate ( 5 ) in such a manner that the eccentric weights swivel in a circumferential direction, and wherein the eccentric weights ( 21 , 21 ′) have swivel axes ( 20 , 20 ′) arranged in diametric opposition at equal distances from a rotational axis ( 1 ) of the wheel.