US 11,753,082 B2
Wheel casing for vehicle
Pirooz Moradnia, Dublin, OH (US); Matthew L. Metka, Plain City, OH (US); and Pratap Thamanna Rao, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,969.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007846 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/18 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/186 (2013.01) [B62D 25/163 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a wheel configured for rotation with respect to the vehicle and a tire configured to be mounted on the wheel, the tire having an inboard surface, an outboard surface, and a circumferential tread surface extending between the inboard surface and the outboard surface; and
a wheel casing configured to be positioned beneath an axis of rotation of the wheel such that the wheel casing defines a body portion including a continuous length positioned beneath the axis of rotation, along the inboard surface of the tire, and extending between a first end disposed on one side of the axis of rotation to a second free terminal end disposed on an opposing side of the axis of rotation;
wherein the body portion includes an axle opening therethrough defined by at least a bottom surface, a front opening surface disposed forward of the axle opening and a rear opening surface disposed rearward of the axle opening, the rear opening surface having a larger radius of curvature than the front opening surface.