Sheet Metal Formed Patents (Class 24/295)
  • Patent number: 4268091
    Abstract: A wheel trim assembly for disposition on the axial outer face of a vehicle has a wheel flange. The wheel trim assembly is of the type comprising an annular ring having a rim portion disposed on a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said wheel flange. The rim portion has formed on its outer surface a plurality of receptacles each of which slidably receive a spring retention clip for mechanically interlocking the spring retention clip to the annular ring. The spring retention clip is engageable with the wheel flange for mounting the wheel trim assembly on the wheel. The receptacle includes two opposed radially inwardly facing tabs and an axial inwardly facing stop tab all formed by upsetting the tab material from the annular ring. The spring retention clip has an arcuate base portion whose arc corresponds generally to the arc of the outer surface of the annular ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventor: Claude J. Marshall, Jr.