Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fabricated vehicle wheel
- Patent Title (中): 制造车轮
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Application No.: US10160427Application Date: 2002-05-31
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Publication No.: US06629736B2Publication Date: 2003-10-07
- Inventor: Alan Coleman , Thomas E. Heck , Michael Miller , Robert Raymond
- Applicant: Alan Coleman , Thomas E. Heck , Michael Miller , Robert Raymond
- Main IPC: B60B310
- IPC: B60B310

Abstract:
This invention relates to an improved fabricated vehicle wheel. According to one embodiment of the invention, the vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim having a plurality of holes formed therein; a wheel disc having a central mounting surface and a plurality of outwardly extending spokes, each of the spokes having at least one hole formed therein; at least one rim to disc interface area provided along each of the spokes wherein some portion of a surface of the rim and some portion of a surface of the spoke contact one another; and at least one fastener extending through the holes of the rim and the spokes to secure the rim and disc together; wherein the mounting surface includes a section which extends between each pair of the spokes, the section including a first wall and a second wall, the first wall extending generally radially outwardly at an angle in the range from about 5 degrees to about 85 degrees with respect to the back wall of the mounting surface, the second wall extending at an angle in the range from about 0 degrees to about 30 degrees with respect to the back wall of the mounting surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030080605A1 Fabricated vehicle wheel Public/Granted day:2003-05-01
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