121 |
Spoked wheel disk manufacturing method and spoked wheel |
US12738698 |
2008-10-17 |
US07895752B2 |
2011-03-01 |
Tetsu Sano; Yoshinobu Sakashita; Kei Takagi; Kikuya Ito |
A method comprising: a step of preforming a plurality of bulging portions on a substantially circular plate blank, the bulging portions being located concentrically and circumferentially outward of a bolt hole, each of the bulging portions being a base of a reinforcing portion of a spoke; a step of forming a plurality of prototypical decorative holes on the respective bulging portions to form a prototypically-shaped spoke between the adjacent prototypical decorative holes; a step of forming a disk flange by bending an outer circumferential portion of the plate blank, on which the prototypical decorative holes are formed, at a right angle to be substantially parallel to a wheel axial direction, so that an outer periphery of a resultant decorative hole forms an upper end edge of the disk flange; and a step of forming the spoke by providing the prototypically-shaped spoke with the reinforcing portion. |
122 |
FABRICATED BEAD SEAT ATTACHED VEHICLE WHEEL, WHEEL DISC FOR SUCH WHEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME |
US12421257 |
2009-04-09 |
US20100259094A1 |
2010-10-14 |
Thomas E. Heck; Alan Coleman |
A fabricated bead seat attached vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim and wheel disc joined together. The wheel rim includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inner tire bead seat, a well, an outer tire bead seat, and an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange. The wheel defines a wheel axis and includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion which defines a wheel disc outer flange The wheel disc outer annular flange is segmented around a circumference thereof and includes at least a first plurality of segments and a second plurality of segments. The first plurality of segments extending a first axial distance relative to an adjacent outer surface of the wheel disc and the second plurality of segments extending a second axial distance relative to the adjacent outer surface of the wheel disc which is less than the first axial distance. |
123 |
Wheel manufacturing method |
US12379213 |
2009-02-17 |
US20090158590A1 |
2009-06-25 |
Takeshi Tanaka |
The present invention provides wheel manufacturing method comprising a pressing step in which a primary molded product having a cylindrical shape with a bottom in which a flange part that extends to the outside is disposed on the open side end part is manufactured, a working step in which a secondary molded product is obtained by cutting away the bottom part of the abovementioned primary molded product, and a spinning step in which, the secondary worked product is fit over and fastened to a rotating jig, a rim flange molding roller is pressed against the end part of the flange part while the secondary worked product is rotated together with the rotating jig, so that the flange part is gradually molded into the shape of a rim flange part, and the flange part is subsequently subjected to an angular adjustment to an appropriate angle to mold a rim flange part. |
124 |
Complex wheel rim assembly structure |
US11898199 |
2007-09-10 |
US20090039699A1 |
2009-02-12 |
Ming-Te Liao |
A complex wheel rim assembly structure contains a hub, a front member, a rear member, a leak-proof O-ring, and plural assembly members. The hub includes plural radial plates and assembly holes. An inward folding edge is close to a central hole of the front member and has plural assembly holes, and an outward expanding edge is at an exterior side of the front member. An inward folding edge is close to a central hole of the rear member and has plural assembly holes, and an outward expanding edge is at an exterior side of the rear member. Grooves are at exterior sides of the inward folding edges of the front and rear members, the leak-proof O-ring is between the two inward folding edges of the front and rear members, and the wheel rim is assembled through the plural assembly members. |
125 |
Fabricated vehicle wheel having a disc with a plurality of strengthening ribs |
US11365972 |
2006-03-01 |
US07469973B2 |
2008-12-30 |
Alan Coleman; Michael Miller; Thomas Heck |
An improved fabricated wheel disc and a fabricated vehicle wheel including such a fabricated wheel disc and a fabricated wheel rim secured thereto by suitable methods. The fabricated wheel disc defines an axis and includes a wheel mounting surface portion, a plurality of spokes, an outer rim connecting flange, a plurality of lug bolt receiving holes and an outboard face. The wheel mounting surface includes at least one rib formed therein between at least one pair of the lug bolt receiving holes. The rib has a straight outer surface which extends at an angle with respect to the fabricated wheel disc axis throughout an entire length thereof. |
126 |
Method of making vehicle wheel rim |
US11716966 |
2007-03-12 |
US20070169347A1 |
2007-07-26 |
Ting-Fang Wang |
A method of making a vehicle wheel rim includes the steps of: deep drawing a metal plate to form a substantially cylindrical blank having two axially opposite first and second open end portions; roll-bending a ring portion of the cylindrical blank between the open end portions so that the ring portion is bent inwardly and substantially radially; placing into a mold the cylindrical blank that has been bent; forcing upper and lower press members respectively into the open end portions of the cylindrical blank; and forming the open end portions by pressing the open end portions against a cavity wall of the mold using lateral faces of the press members, and pressing two opposite sides of the bent ring portion to form a folded annular protrusion using end faces of the press members which are transverse to the lateral faces thereof, thereby providing a wheel rim body. |
127 |
Wheel lighting system |
US11389839 |
2006-03-27 |
US20060214500A1 |
2006-09-28 |
Eric Hall; Anthony Chilbert |
A wheel assembly and lighting device preferably comprised of the following. A wheel comprised of: a rim and a central portion. The rim has an outside rim face and an inside rim face; the central portion of the wheel has a front wheel face and a back wheel face. The lighting device is comprised of a power source; a light mounted on the wheel. In an optional example embodiment, a passageway through the wheel the communicate from (a) the front face of the wheel to the back face of the wheel, (b) the outside rim face to the inside rim face and/or (c) thru the hub. The lights mounted in at least some passageways on the front face of the wheel. A means for connecting the power source and the light. Wires for connecting the power source and the light pass through the optional passageways. |
128 |
Three piece automobile wheel |
US10815762 |
2004-04-02 |
US07073871B2 |
2006-07-11 |
Masanobu Hamada |
The three piece automobile wheel is provided with an inner rim, an outer rim, and a center disc. The center disc is attached to a flange section of the inner rim and outer rim. A trough is established in the inner rim between the flange section and rim flange. The outer side-wall of the trough nearest the flange section is disposed off the rim center-plane towards the center disc, a valve opening passes through the outer side-wall for valve attachment, and the configuration allows the valve base to be disposed inside the trough. The center disc is provided with a through-hole region to expose the valve stem to the outside. |
129 |
Wheel and method of manufacturing the same |
US11110741 |
2005-04-21 |
US20050241740A1 |
2005-11-03 |
Takeshi Tanaka |
The present invention provides a wheel and manufacturing method of the same which make it possible to prevent the formation of indentations along the hump parts in the inner circumferential surface of the rim. In a wheel which comprises a cylindrical rim consisting of a rolled metal plate, and in which hump parts that are used to lock the inner circumferential edge part of the tire are disposed circumferentially so that these hump parts protrude to the outside in the vicinity of the end part of the outer circumferential surface of the rim on at least the design surface side, the outer hump part is formed to have an increased thickness by damming so that this outer hump part protrudes outward while the inner circumferential surface of the rim that corresponds to the outer hump part is formed into a flat circumferential surface. |
130 |
Motor vehicle wheel disc, in particular for a passenger vehicle |
US10855751 |
2004-05-28 |
US20050006945A1 |
2005-01-13 |
Denis Alff; Wolfgang Kruchten |
Wheel disc, comprising a radially outer circular mounting part, a radially inner fixing and centering part with a bearing region comprising a specified number of fixing apertures and ending radially inwardly with a centering vent, and arms connecting the inner and outer parts, each arm being disposed substantially circumferentially between two adjacent fixing apertures and the radially inner free edges of the radially outer circular part defining perforations with the free lateral edges of the arms, wherein in order to mechanically reinforce each arm the central region of each arm is deformed in order to house a swelling receding axially outwardly relative to the lateral regions of the disc arms, including a yoke opening into the centering vent. |
131 |
WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL |
US10612546 |
2003-07-01 |
US20050001469A1 |
2005-01-06 |
William Cummins |
A wheel assembly comprises a generally frustoconical wheel having an upper wall defining a recessed area and a lateral wall with a tapered outer surface; a generally frustoconical rim having a top wall defining a central hole and a side wall with an outer surface and a tapered inner surface complementary with the outer surface of the wheel; and a solid tire attached to the outer surface of the rim. The recessed area is partially covered by the top wall of the rim when the rim is installed on the wheel. To install, the rim is slid over the wheel, and the rim and tire are bolted to the wheel. To remove, the bolts are removed, a pry bar is inserted in the recessed area of the wheel, and the rim is pried away from the wheel. |
132 |
Method of manufacturing alloy rim for automobile |
US10351503 |
2003-01-27 |
US20040107576A1 |
2004-06-10 |
Frank
Hung |
A method of manufacturing alloy rim for automobile is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming elongated extruded alloy straps with a cross-section shape from alloy by an extruding process; cutting the extruded alloy into the required length; placing the cut alloy obtained in (b) onto a mold to form into an arch-shaped edge; cutting the two ends of the edges of the extruded alloy to form into an inclined angle end; placing the extruded alloy of (d) into a device to form the alloy into a round rim; welding the ends of the two joining ends; performing a surface hardening process; furnishing the rim that obtained in (g) with CNC lathe machine. |
133 |
Wheel |
US09779244 |
2001-02-08 |
US06598939B2 |
2003-07-29 |
Gerd Müller |
Wheel, in particular, for a motor vehicle with a rim and a spider, where a bolted connection is provided in the area of transition from the rim to the spider, in which a bolt head or a nut on the outside acts in conjunction with a contact surface on the spider, where the bolted connection includes a spacer sleeve which, with one of its sides, acts in conjunction with the bolt head or the nut and, with its other side, with the contact surface in such a way that the bolt head or the nut projects above the outer surface of the spider. |
134 |
Process for spin forming a vehicle wheel |
US08899260 |
1997-07-23 |
US06536111B1 |
2003-03-25 |
John M. Baumgarten; Kenneth R. Archibald |
A process for forming a vehicle wheel wherein a wheel blank having a wheel disc and a cylindrical skirt extending axially form an inboard surface of the wheel disc is mounted upon a spinning machine and the skirt is spun into a vehicle wheel rim. |
135 |
Lightened disk for a wheel and a method for manufacturing the same |
US10202086 |
2002-07-25 |
US20020180255A1 |
2002-12-05 |
Kishiro
Abe; Ryoichi
Watanabe; Ryo
Nishibayashi; Yuji
Iwakura; Kei
Takagi; Mitsunori
Sugawara; Mitsunori
Komasaki |
A lightened disk for a wheel has a flange having an axially inboard edge. The inboard edge includes a general portion which is located in a plane perpendicular to an axis of the disk. The flange portion has a thickness less than 90% of a thickness of a disk material at at least the general portion of the inboard edge. A method for manufacturing a lightened disk for a wheel includes a drawing step during which the flange portion is drawn such than the flange portion has a thickness less than 90% of a thickness of a disk material at at least the general portion of the inboard edge. |
136 |
Portable wheel assembly |
US09491687 |
2000-01-26 |
US06364424B1 |
2002-04-02 |
Edward Jacob Lashlee; Ryan Jacob Lashlee; John L. Wood |
A portable wheel assembly for use with bicycles and other wheeled vehicles. The wheel assembly comprises a centrally positioned hub which is adapted for rotatable movement about an axis. A plurality of pie shaped disk segments are coupled together along their radial side edges to form a circular support disk with a central opening. Each disk segment is adapted to removably couple with the hub at its innermost radial edge and extends radially outwardly to form a portion of a circular rim at its outermost radial edge. The rim is adapted for supporting a tire. The tire comprises a non-pneumatic tire with an annular ridge which is adapted to couple with the circular rim formed by the disk. During assembly, each of the pie shaped disk segments is coupled together and then coupled to the hub assembly at the inside radial edge or central opening. As the disk segments are coupled to the hub, the tire is assembled onto the outer radial edge or rim. Securing the supporting disk structure to the hub also secures the tire to the rim. |
137 |
Light wheel disk with large space for brake |
US09893500 |
2001-06-29 |
US20020007556A1 |
2002-01-24 |
Guy
Marron; Alain
Sbroggio |
Process for producing a motorized land vehicle wheel, in general having a wheel disk and an essentially cylindrical rim, the wheel disk being obtained from a blank plate of specific thickness subjected to several shaping operations, and composed of an essentially flat central part having an opening that serves to center and attach the wheel to the vehicle's axle hub, an essentially conical interior riser, another inverted conical part that defines, with the interior riser, a curved tip that has a large radius of curvature, the inverted conical part terminating in a flanged edge used to join the disk to the rim, a process characterized in that during the forming operation of the flanged edge, the plate is laminated in such a way as to preserve or reduce the thickness of the base plate. |
138 |
Wheel for a vehicle, particularly a spare wheel for a motor vehicle |
US09257206 |
1999-02-25 |
US06293630B1 |
2001-09-25 |
Reinhold Separautzki; Jens Stach |
A wheel for a vehicle, particularly a spare wheel for a motor vehicle, has an outer and an inner rim disk which are connected with one another, these rims disks together forming a rim well. The ring disks have interior and exterior ring webs which are spaced with respect to one another and extend approximately in the wheel axis direction and have corresponding facing connection surfaces. Together with the walls of the two rim disks, the ring webs have an annulus which extends around the wheel hub and from it close toward the rim well of the wheel in a limited manner. |
139 |
Wheel |
US949700 |
1997-10-14 |
US6027176A |
2000-02-22 |
Dave Kuhl; Mark Rankin |
A wheel for a vehicle comprises a rim disposed about the rotational axis of the wheel and having a pair of axially spaced, circumferentially extending bead seats interconnected by a generally cylindrical base. An annular waffle located in a plane generally perpendicular to the rotational axis is secured to the base intermediate the axial ends thereof. A disk is removably secured to the waffle by way of a plurality of fasteners. The disk and waffle carry co-operating formations which can be brought into mating engagement to allow the disk to be located and held on the waffle at a plurality of different orientations to allow the orientation of the disk with respect to the rim which yields the truest axial alignment of the disk and rim to be determined prior to securing the disk to the waffle via the fasteners. |
140 |
Method of making a light-metal strip wheel |
US195314 |
1998-11-18 |
US5933956A |
1999-08-10 |
Meinhard Bonning; Ralf Duning; Uwe Gohrbandt; Gerhard Sollner |
A light-metal strip wheel, in particular for motor vehicles, which includes a wheel disk and a rim. The wheel disk comprises two wheel-disk parts each having a ventilation hole. The ventilation holes have necks that when pressed into one another, secure together the two wheel-disk parts with the two parts separated from one another in the region surrounding the ventilation holes, while coming to rest on one another in a hub region. The space between the two wheel-disk parts in the region surrounding the ventilation holes increases the stiffness of the strip wheel so that the wheel is suitable for accommodating large loads. |