A wheel assembly is configured to display graphic designs and digital information. The wheel assembly has a wheel, joined to a spinner hub with a spinner base. A weight is joined to a spinner base lower portion. A spacer is joined to the spinner base above the weight. A bracket is joined to the spinner base and arranged against the spacer. A mobile device is housed within the bracket. A cover plate is joined to the spinner base, and further comprises a central opening with graphic designs that surrounds the bracket. As the wheel rotates, the weight causes the spinner base rotate opposite the wheel thus maintaining the mobile device in a stable position so that the mobile device displays the digital information.

The present invention relates to a trailer odometer for measuring distance travelled by a trailer and other performance information. The trailer odometer is designed to be connected to a wheel hub, and features a counter for measuring axle/wheel rotation, a conversion unit for converting rotations into distance in miles/kilometers and a wireless transmission module for transmitting distance information to a remote electronic device. In one potential embodiment, an electrical box, designed to be an aftermarket product, performs the same or similar function and can be positioned/mounted near a hitch of the trailer.

Aerodynamic wheel covers may include a hub assembly coupled with a hub of a large vehicle, such as a truck. A base assembly may be coupled to the hub assembly, and a disk assembly may be coupled with the base assembly such that removal and installation of the disk assembly may be accomplished without tools.

A locking device for locking a wheel of a vehicle is provided, where the device comprising a main module adapted to be attached to a rim of the wheel and configured to cover nuts or bolts that attach the wheel to the vehicle, a tubular center bolt having a threated outer surface and configured to adapt a lock cylinder, the tubular center bolt being further adapted to be connected to the main module via an insert sleeve; and at least one threaded element permanently assembled within a center bore or behind the rim; wherein the tubular center bolt is configured to be threadedly attached to the at least one threaded element to attach the locking device onto the wheel, and wherein the lock cylinder is configured to be arranged in a locking state within the center bolt in which the center bolt is prevented from rotating relative to the main module and the at least one threaded element, and in an open state in which the lock cylinder allows the center bolt to rotate relative to the main module and the at least one threaded element.

An adapter assembly that allows a wheel cover to be attached to a wheel has an insert, a plug, a key and a wrench. The insert attaches through a hole in the wheel cover and has prongs that lock behind a cap lip of the wheel. The plug is screwed into the insert via the wrench, and plug threads push out on the prongs, securing them behind the cap lip. The key is inserted into a locking space between the outer surface of the plug and the inner surface of the insert.

A wheel (1) for a vehicle and a related method for manufacturing the wheel includes a rim (2) and a wheel center (3). The wheel center includes several spokes (4) extending from a hub (5), with a center opening (6), radially outwards to the rim (2). The hub (5) is made from a fiber-reinforced plastic material and is covered on the outboard side from a three-dimensionally shaped support cover (7) made from metallic material.

A wheel for a vehicle has a wheel rim, a hub portion, and at least one spoke which connects the hub portion to the wheel rim, and also at least one cover element which at least partially covers the spoke region. The cover element is designed to, in the installed position thereof, produce an imbalance-free state of the wheel.

An apparatus for a vehicle is provided that has an axle and a spindle sleeve with a spindle sleeve inner surface axis coaxial with the axis of the axle, and a spindle sleeve outer surface axis not coaxial with the axis of the axle. A hub has an axis coaxial with the spindle sleeve outer surface axis, and the hub at least partially defines a chamber. First and second ports extend through a wall of the hub to the chamber. The hub rotates about the spindle sleeve through the aid of two bearings. Lubricant is present within the chamber, and the first port provides a pathway for a pressurized fluid to be introduced into the chamber to force the lubricant out of the chamber via the second port.

Emblem for vehicles, comprising a decoration layer; at least one lighting element that illuminates the decoration layer; an electrical power generator that feeds electric power to the at least one lighting element, wherein the electrical power generator includes a rotor comprising a support disc for at least one magnet; and a stator comprising at least one printed circuit board provided with windings. It permits to provide an emblem in which a power generator is optimized to be compatible in the axial direction with the available space, which is very small behind the front cover.

A cover assembly for removably covering a hub of a wheel rim includes a ring-shaped outer cover defining a cover central hole, and a connector having a connector outer annular wall, a connector inner annular wall extending through the cover central hole for connection with a hub inner peripheral wall of the hub and provided with a first external thread for threadedly connecting with a first internal thread of the hub, and an annular flange extending from a junction of the connector inner and outer annular walls. A first elastic ring is sleeved on the connector inner annular wall and is configured to be disposed between and abut against the connector inner annular wall and the hub inner peripheral wall.