Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle safety wheel
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Application No.: US14249351Application Date: 2014-04-09
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Publication No.: US09688095B1Publication Date: 2017-06-27
- Inventor: William Tyson O'Neal
- Applicant: William Tyson O'Neal
- Agent Mark W Handley
- Main IPC: B60B7/01
- IPC: B60B7/01 ; B60B3/00 ; B60Q1/32

Abstract:
A vehicle safety wheel is disclosed having a central disk and a rim concentrically disposed around the central disk. The central disk is compatible for mounting to a vintage hub with conventional wheel mounting hardware. The rim has an inboard flange and an outboard flange for mounting a tire to the rim, and an inner flange disposed inwardly of the outboard flange, concentric with the outboard flange for defining an annular-shaped space there-between. A fascia is adapted for mounting in the annular-shaped space, circumferentially extending between the outboard flange and the inner flange, with the fascia forming a visually continuous surface with a sidewall of the tire. The fascia may be embedded with a light source which is controlled in brightness and flashing by one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a brake sensor, and a turn sensor.
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