Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheel for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车轮
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Application No.: US12738695Application Date: 2008-10-17
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Publication No.: US08454099B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Tetsu Sano , Yoshinobu Sakashita , Kei Takagi , Kikuya Ito
- Applicant: Tetsu Sano , Yoshinobu Sakashita , Kei Takagi , Kikuya Ito
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
- Priority: JP2007-272008 20071019; JP2008-268174 20081017
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/068868 WO 20081017
- International Announcement: WO2009/051229 WO 20090423
- Main IPC: B60B3/04
- IPC: B60B3/04

Abstract:
A wheel for vehicle comprising: a rim 2 having a drop portion; and a disk 10 formed integrally from a plate material, the rim and the disk being welded together, wherein the disk has: a hub mounting portion 10a; a plurality of spokes 10b radially extending from the hub mounting portion toward an outer periphery of the disk; and a ring-shaped disk flange 10c that is connected to the spokes through a curved-surface connecting portion R that is formed by bending the spokes at an outer circumferential end thereof in a wheel axial direction, the disk flange extends in the wheel axial direction, and a decorative hole 20 is defined by the adjacent spokes, the hub mounting portion, and the disk flange, and a part that faces a distal end 12 of the spoke in a fitting area between an inner circumferential surface of the rim and an outer circumferential surface of the disk flange is welded.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100289323A1 WHEEL FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2010-11-18
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