公开(公告)号：US06502308B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-07

申请号：US09831699

申请日：2001-05-11

申请人： Radmila Carfora ,  Zvonko Dimovski

发明人： Radmila Carfora ,  Zvonko Dimovski

IPC分类号： B60B706

CPC分类号： B60B7/0013 ,  B21D39/02 ,  B21D53/32 ,  B60B7/004 ,  B60B7/0046 ,  B60B7/02 ,  B60B7/04 ,  B60B7/06 ,  B60B7/063 ,  B60B7/065 ,  B60B7/066 ,  B60B7/14 ,  B60B7/18 ,  B60B31/06 ,  Y10T29/49542

摘要： An improved vehicle wheel cover retention system and method for producing the same includes a wheel cover (16) secured to a vehicle wheel. The method for producing the vehicle wheel (10) includes the steps of: (a) providing a vehicle wheel including a disc (14) defining an outboard facing wheel surface and including an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange (20), the outboard bead seat retaining flange including an outer peripheral end having an annular groove (64) formed therein; (b) providing a wheel cover defining an inner cover surface and an outer cover surface, the wheel cover including an outer end (70); (c) applying a sealant (82) to one of the outboard facing wheel surface and the inner cover surface; (d) supporting the wheel and the cover in coaxial relationship relative to one another; (e) selectively moving the wheel and the cover toward one another to enable the sealant to initially secure the wheel and the cover together; (f) providing a metal deforming tool (100) having a tool end, the tool end having a leading end (102A) and a trailing end (102B), the leading end defining a first tool profile and the trailing end defining a second tool profile which is different from the first tool profile; and (g) selectively operating the metal deforming tool to cause the leading end of the tool to initially engage and deform the outer end of the wheel cover followed by the trailing end of the tool engaging the deforming the outer end of the wheel cover into the groove in a permanent mechanical lock connection therewith whereby the wheel cover covers at least a portion of the outboard facing wheel surface and the entire portion of the outer peripheral end of the outboard bead seat retaining flange (34).

摘要翻译： 改进的车轮盖保持系统及其制造方法包括固定在车轮上的车轮罩（16）。 用于制造车轮（10）的方法包括以下步骤：（a）提供包括限定外侧车轮表面并包括外侧轮胎胎圈座保持凸缘（20）的盘（14）的车轮，所述外侧胎圈 阀座保持凸缘包括具有形成在其中的环形槽（64）的外周端; （b）提供限定内盖表面和外盖表面的轮盖，所述轮罩包括外端（70）; （c）将密封剂（82）施加到所述外侧面轮和所述内盖表面中的一个; （d）相对于彼此以同轴的关系支撑车轮和盖子; （e）选择性地将轮子和盖子彼此移动以使得密封剂能够最初将车轮和盖子固定在一起; （f）提供具有工具端的金属变形工具（100），所述工具端具有前端（102A）和后端（102B），所述前端限定第一工具轮廓，并且所述后端限定第二工具 与第一工具轮廓不同的轮廓; 和（g）选择性地操作金属变形工具以使工具的前端最初接合和变形轮罩的外端，接着是工具的后端，使轮盖的外端变形为 凹槽与永久性机械锁连接，由此轮盖覆盖外侧面轮的表面的至少一部分和外侧胎圈座保持凸缘（34）的外周端的整个部分。