ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,197, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Klaus Wohlfarth (Fichtenberg, Germany).

"Wheel system with an adapter disc" was invented by Klaus Wohlfarth (Fichtenberg, Germany) and Edgar Simonjan (Vellberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rim system including a rim, an adapter disc for mounting on a wheel hub of a vehicle, a plurality of wheel screws or a plurality of wheel nuts for fastening the rim to the adapter disc, a plurality of screws or a plurality of nuts for fastening the adapter disc to the wheel hub and a wheel hub centring ring for centring the adapter disc relative to the wheel hub. A rim centring ring is provided f...