US 12,454,320 B2
Wheel cover apparatus, vehicle having a wheel cover apparatus and method for operating such a vehicle
Jurij Jecmenjak-Urban, Garching bei Munich (DE); Andreas Mayer, Munich (DE); and Ludwig Seethaler, Erdweg (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/274,254
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/063849
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/248385, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 113 699.7 (DE), filed on May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092431 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/18 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/186 (2013.01) [B62D 35/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel cover apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
an upper planar portion for at least partially covering a wheel outer side of a steerable wheel, which is arranged at least partially in a wheel arch of the vehicle;
a lower planar portion for at least partially covering the wheel outer side of the steerable wheel;
an adjusting device for adjusting a position and/or orientation of the upper planar portion; and
a positioning device for positioning the lower planar portion, the positioning device being a traction mechanism drive, wherein
the upper planar portion is arrangeable on a body of the vehicle so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction,
the upper planar portion and the lower planar portion are connected to one another so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and
the upper planar portion is coupled to the adjusting device such that, in a functional installed state in the vehicle, the upper planar portion is movable relative to the wheel arch via the adjusting device.