Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing same
- Patent Title (中): 制造车轮及其制造方法
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Application No.: US10591682Application Date: 2005-03-18
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Publication No.: US07984551B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Patrick McCorry , Tom Czarniecki , Monty Csapo , Todd Duffield , Matthias Grutgen , Frank Kramer , Alan Coleman
- Applicant: Patrick McCorry , Tom Czarniecki , Monty Csapo , Todd Duffield , Matthias Grutgen , Frank Kramer , 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 and Todd, LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2005/009206 WO 20050318
- International Announcement: WO2005/089977 WO 20050929
- Main IPC: B21D31/02
- IPC: B21D31/02 ; B21J13/00 ; B23P17/00

Abstract:
This invention relates to a fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing the same. The wheel includes a rim and a disc secured to the rim. The disc includes a plurality of outwardly extending spokes, an outer rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface and a window formed therein between adjacent pairs of spokes and having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange such that each of the windows extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc, at least one of the windows includes at least a first window portion and a second window portion, the first window portion being formed by a first piercing operation and the second window portion being formed by a second piercing operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080034587A1 Fabricated Vehicle Wheel and Method for Producing Same Public/Granted day:2008-02-14
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