Patent ID: 7651108

Claim:
An assembly comprising at least one drive wheel ( 6 ) liable to steer and a fairing ( 8 ) for a heavy goods vehicle, said drive wheel ( 6 ) being designed to pivot around a first axis (X-X′), which is substantially horizontal, for the purpose of advance of the vehicle, and around a second axis (Y-Y′), which is substantially vertical, for the purpose of steering of the vehicle, said fairing ( 8 ) extending laterally to the vicinity of said drive wheel ( 6 ) when the vehicle is in operation, so that it at least partly covers an outer side of said drive wheel, wherein said fairing ( 8 ) is not linked in relation to said drive wheel ( 6 ) around the first axis (X-X′), so that it is not constrained to rotate around said first axis during an advance movement of the vehicle, while said fairing is linked in rotation to the drive wheel around the second axis (Y-Y′), so that when the vehicle is in operation it follows the steering movements of said drive wheel, wherein said fairing ( 8 ) is integral with a spindle ( 12 ) linked in rotation and translation to the hub of said drive wheel ( 6 ), wherein means ( 16 ) are provided for removable connection of said fairing ( 8 ) to said spindle ( 12 ) connected to said hub, wherein the removable connection means comprise crimping means designed to allow the fairing to be secured around a terminal stud ( 12 2 ) of said spindle ( 12 ), wherein the crimping means comprise a block belonging to said fairing ( 8 ), which contains an opening ( 16 2 ) designed to receive said terminal stud, while means ( 16 4 , 16 5 ) are provided which allow the transverse dimension of said block to be varied (arrow f) in order to crimp said block around said terminal stud.