公开(公告)号：US06282788B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-04

申请号：US09605181

申请日：2000-06-28

申请人： Dominic Politi ,  Walter Gajor

发明人： Dominic Politi ,  Walter Gajor

IPC分类号： B23P1700

CPC分类号： B60B3/002 ,  B21D53/26 ,  B21D53/265 ,  B60B3/044 ,  Y10T29/49481 ,  Y10T29/49499 ,  Y10T29/49501 ,  Y10T29/49504

摘要： An improved vehicle wheel and method for producing the same includes a wheel rim and a wheel disc joined together by a weld. The wheel disc includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting portion which defines a vertical axis and an outer annular flange. The outer annular flange of the wheel disc defines an outer surface which is inverted at a predetermined angle relative to the vertical axis. The outer annular flange further includes a plurality of arches formed therein. The method for forming the vehicle wheel of the present invention includes the steps of (a) providing a wheel rim; (b) providing a generally circular disc blank; (c) initially stamping the disc blank to produce a generally bowl shaped wheel disc having an inner wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion; (d) subjecting the bowl shaped wheel disc to an intermediate metal forming operation to produce a partially formed wheel disc defining a wheel disc vertical axis, the partially formed wheel disc having an outer annular flange which extends generally in the same direction as the wheel disc vertical axis, the outer annular flange having a plurality of arches formed therein; (e) subjecting the partially formed wheel disc to a series of metal forming operations to produce a partially formed wheel disc having a center hub hole, and a plurality of lug bolt receiving holes spaced circumferentially around the hub hole; (f) subjecting the partially formed wheel disc to a metal forming operation wherein the outer annular flange of the partially formed wheel disc is inverted radially inwardly relative to the vertical disc axis to thereby form a finished wheel disc; (g) positioning the outer annular flange of the wheel disc adjacent an inner surface of the wheel rim; and (h) welding the wheel disc to the wheel rim to produce the vehicle wheel.

摘要翻译： 改进的车轮及其制造方法包括轮缘和通过焊接在一起的轮盘。 轮盘包括大致中心定位的轮安装部分，其限定垂直轴线和外部环形凸缘。 轮盘的外环形凸缘限定了相对于垂直轴线以预定角度倒转的外表面。 外环形凸缘还包括形成在其中的多个拱。 本发明的车轮形成方法包括以下步骤：（a）提供轮辋; （b）提供大致圆形的盘坯; （c）最初冲压盘坯以产生具有内轮安装部分和外环形部分的大致碗状轮盘; （d）使碗状轮盘进行中间金属成型操作，以产生限定轮盘垂直轴线的部分形成的轮盘，该部分形成的轮盘具有外环形凸缘，该外环形凸缘大致沿与轮盘相同的方向延伸 所述外环形凸缘具有形成在其中的多个拱形部; （e）对部分形成的轮盘进行一系列金属成型操作，以产生具有中心轮毂孔的部分形成的轮盘，以及围绕轮毂孔周向间隔开的多个凸耳螺栓接收孔; （f）使部分形成的轮盘经受金属成形操作，其中部分形成的轮盘的外环形凸缘相对于垂直盘轴径向向内倒置，从而形成成品轮盘; （g）将轮盘的外环形凸缘邻近轮缘的内表面定位; 和（h）将轮盘焊接到轮缘以产生车轮。

公开(公告)号：US06546629B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-15

申请号：US09888135

申请日：2001-06-22

申请人： Dominic Politi

发明人： Dominic Politi

IPC分类号： B23P1700

CPC分类号： B21D53/26 ,  Y10T29/49499 ,  Y10T29/49945 ,  Y10T29/51 ,  Y10T29/53448

摘要： A method for assembling a wheel rim and a wheel disc together to produce a vehicle wheel includes the steps of: (a) providing a rim defining an axis and including an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a well portion, an outboard tire bead seat, and an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange, the inboard tire bead seat retaining flange including a radially extending first inner surface, the well portion including a radially extending second inner surface, the outboard tire bead seat retaining flange including a radially extending third inner surface; (b) providing a disc having a centrally located inner wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion which terminates in an axially extending outer annular flange, the inner wheel mounting portion including an inboard mounting surface and an outboard mounting surface, the outer annular portion including an inner surface; (c) supporting the rim at the first inner and at least one of the second inner surface and the third inner surface; (d) supporting the disc at the inboard mounting surface and the outboard mounting surface; (e) selectively moving at least one of the rim and the disc toward one another to cause the outer annular flange of the disc to engage an inner surface of the rim in a press fit engagement therewith while supporting the rim and the disc as recited in steps (c) and (d), the rim and disc being selectively moved to produce a desired lateral runout dimension defined between the inboard mounting surface of the disc and the first inner surface of the inboard tire bead seat retaining flange of the rim; and (f) subsequent to step (e), welding the disc to the rim to thereby permanently join the rim and the disc together and produce the vehicle wheel.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将轮辋和轮盘组装在一起以产生车轮的方法包括以下步骤：（a）提供限定轴线的轮辋，并且包括内侧轮胎胎圈座保持法兰，内侧轮胎胎圈座，井口部分 ，外侧轮胎胎圈座和外侧轮胎胎圈座保持法兰，内侧胎圈座保持法兰包括径向延伸的第一内表面，所述井部包括径向延伸的第二内表面，所述外侧胎圈座保持法兰包括 径向延伸的第三内表面; （b）提供具有居中定位的内轮安装部分和终止于轴向延伸的外环形凸缘的外环形部分的盘，所述内轮安装部分包括内侧安装表面和外侧安装表面，所述外环形部分包括 内表面 （c）在所述第一内部和所述第二内表面和所述第三内表面中的所述第一内部和所述至少一个之间支撑所述边缘; （d）将盘支撑在内侧安装表面和外侧安装表面上; （e）选择性地将所述边缘和所述盘中的至少一个朝向彼此移动，以使所述盘的外部环形凸缘与所述边缘的内表面接合，同时支撑所述边缘和所述盘，如 步骤（c）和（d），轮辋和盘被选择性地移动以产生限定在盘的内侧安装表面和轮辋内侧轮胎胎圈座保持凸缘的第一内表面之间的期望的横向偏心尺寸; 和（f）在步骤（e）之后，将盘焊接到轮辋上，从而将轮辋和盘永久地连接在一起并产生车轮。