Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fabricated vehicle wheel having spokes and stiffening ribs
- Patent Title (中): 制造车轮具有轮辐和加强筋
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Application No.: US11452113Application Date: 2006-06-13
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Publication No.: US07464995B2Publication Date: 2008-12-16
- Inventor: Montgomery D. Csapo , Thomas Czarniecki , John David Holm , Thomas E. Heck , Günter Stelzer , Karl Rode , Werner Kermelk , Alan Coleman
- Applicant: Montgomery D. Csapo , Thomas Czarniecki , John David Holm , Thomas E. Heck , Günter Stelzer , Karl Rode , Werner Kermelk , Alan Coleman
- Applicant Address: US MI Northville
- Assignee: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Northville
- Agency: MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
- Main IPC: B60B3/12
- IPC: B60B3/12

Abstract:
According to the invention, the fabricated vehicle wheel includes a conventional full wheel rim and a unique wheel disc joined to the wheel rim. The wheel disc includes an inner wheel mounting pad, an outer annular rim connecting flange and a plurality of radial spokes connecting the inner wheel mounting pad to the rim connecting flange. The rim connecting flange extends in an axial direction and defines a side edge surface extending between each pair of adjacent spokes. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc. Each of the windows has a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange. The rim connecting flange and the side edge surface are configured such that the window extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc. The inner wheel mounting pad includes at least one rib provided therein. The rib has an outer surface and an inner surface, at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface is provided with a flat planar surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070222279A1 Fabricated vehicle wheel Public/Granted day:2007-09-27
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