121 |
Wheel construction |
US37330141 |
1941-01-06 |
US2357000A |
1944-08-29 |
CHARLES HOLLERITH |
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122 |
Method of making wheels |
US33956729 |
1929-02-13 |
US1779476A |
1930-10-28 |
KAY LLOYD D |
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123 |
Metal wheel |
US39982620 |
1920-07-29 |
US1652653A |
1927-12-13 |
WHITCOMB JAMES A |
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124 |
Cast-metal vehicle wheel |
US1167425 |
1925-02-26 |
US1600978A |
1926-09-28 |
RICE DAVIS THOMAS |
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125 |
Cast-metal wheel |
US6673925 |
1925-11-04 |
US1598140A |
1926-08-31 |
KAY LLOYD D |
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126 |
Demountable rim for vehicle wheels |
US39040520 |
1920-06-21 |
US1497295A |
1924-06-10 |
HYDE ARTHUR S |
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127 |
Cast-metal wheel |
US37595620 |
1920-04-23 |
US1485564A |
1924-03-04 |
LEO MELANOWSKI |
|
128 |
Cast-metal wheel |
US1454249D |
|
US1454249A |
1923-05-08 |
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129 |
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS AND LIGHT ALLOY WHEEL MANUFACTURING METHOD |
US15574844 |
2017-05-01 |
US20180235035A1 |
2018-08-16 |
Tadashi KUBONO; Seiji KAWAMOTO |
To show an electromagnetic induction heating apparatus in which an object to be heated such as a half-finished light alloy wheel can be heated efficiently to have a predetermined temperature in a short time. An electromagnetic induction heating apparatus 1 includes a rotating body 2 with a plurality of magnets 21 arranged such that the same pole is positioned on the side of an object to be heated 8 and a rotation driving motor 3 for rotating the rotating body 2, in which the object to be heated 8 is heated by an induced current generated when the rotating body 2 is rotated. By controlling the distance D between the magnets 21 of the rotating body 2 and the object to be heated 8 with a moving motor 6, a light alloy wheel or the like, which has a high thermal expansion coefficient, can be well-heated efficiently. |
130 |
Method and system for manufacturing a wheel |
US13345353 |
2012-01-06 |
US09884362B2 |
2018-02-06 |
Peter S. Mautino; Anthony J. Sicilia |
A system for manufacturing a wheel includes a cope mold portion with internal cope mold walls and a drag mold portion with internal drag mold walls. The internal cope mold walls and internal drag mold walls define at least in part perimeter boundaries of a wheel cavity. The wheel cavity includes a cavity center portion configured to form a wheel center portion of a wheel after solidification of a molten alloy in the cavity center portion, a cavity plate portion configured to form a wheel plate portion of the wheel after solidification of a molten alloy in the cavity plate portion, and a cavity flange portion configured to form a wheel flange portion of the wheel after solidification of a molten alloy in the cavity flange portion. The system includes a chill component positioned within the wheel cavity adjacent the cavity flange portion. The chill component is configured to provide directional solidification from the cavity flange portion toward the cavity plate portion of molten alloy in the wheel cavity. |
131 |
METHOD OF COATING A CAST ALLOY WHEEL PROVIDING A TWO-TONE APPEARANCE |
US15349761 |
2016-11-11 |
US20170129279A1 |
2017-05-11 |
Don Stebbins; Thomas Schwing |
A cast wheel having an alloy substrate includes a primary surface and a secondary surface. A first polymeric coating is applied to the primary surface and to the secondary surface sealing the cast alloy wheel within the first polymeric coating. An intermediate polymeric coating is applied over the first polymeric coating. The intermediate polymeric coating is coated with metal using physical vapor deposition with the metal being aesthetically distinguishable from the first polymeric coating. A third polymeric coating is applied over the metal. The third polymeric coating, the intermediate coating and the metal from the primary surface of the cast alloy wheel are removed aesthetically distinguishing the primary surface from the secondary surface. A fourth polymeric coating is applied over the primary surface and the secondary surface. |
132 |
Vehicle hub unit and air pressure adjusting device |
US14380295 |
2013-02-13 |
US09481214B2 |
2016-11-01 |
Atsushi Tanno |
A vehicle hub unit that supports a wheel that attaches to a pneumatic tire and is attached to a joint and an air pressure adjusting device that has this vehicle hub unit, provided with a first air passage that is formed with a first opening in at least one location on a surface that attaches to the wheel, is attached to pneumatic piping of the joint that supplies air, and supplies air from the first opening to the wheel; and a second air passage that is formed with a second opening in at least one location on a surface that attaches to the wheel, is attached to pneumatic piping of the joint that exhausts air of the joint, and collects air of the wheel from the second opening. |
133 |
Bimetallic casting |
US14172018 |
2014-02-04 |
US09358608B2 |
2016-06-07 |
Blair E. Carlson; Paul E. Krajewski |
A method of forming a casting includes providing a preform to a mold cavity. The preform is formed from one of a first metal and a second metal and defines an interface surface. A molten portion of the other of the first metal and the second metal is cast into the mold such that the molten portion proximately contacts the interface surface of the preform. An interface layer at the interface surface, a first portion defined by the mold cavity and the interface layer, and a second portion defined by the interface layer, are formed during casting. The interface layer may define a metallurgical bond between the first portion and the second portion. In the non-limiting example provided herein, the first portion is substantially comprised of aluminum and the second portion is substantially comprised of magnesium. In a non-limiting example, the casting may be configured as a vehicle wheel. |
134 |
CAST ALUMINUM WHEEL |
US14805999 |
2015-07-22 |
US20160023509A1 |
2016-01-28 |
H. Clay Chenault, III; Timothy Wayne Hood; Parveen Kakar |
A cast aluminum wheel includes a rim element having an annular configuration defining an axis and a central element extending radially outwardly between the axis and the rim element. The rim element includes a wall extending circumferentially around the axis between a proximal bead and a distal bead. The central element includes a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly toward the proximal bead and meets proximate the axis with adjacent of the plurality of spokes defining a cooperative feature therebetween for providing stiffness to the wheel. The spokes progressively increase in volume in a direction toward the axis from the rim element thereby providing increased mass of the spokes proximate the axis relative to the rim element. |
135 |
ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR VEHICLE AND PART OF VEHICLE |
US14434260 |
2013-07-29 |
US20150275336A1 |
2015-10-01 |
Yukihide Fukuda |
There are provided aluminum alloy for a vehicle and a part for a vehicle in which toughness suitable for the part for a vehicle can be secured even when aluminum material containing impurities such as Fe, Cu or the like is used. The aluminum alloy for a vehicle contains Fe in the range from not less than 0.2 wt % to not more than 1.0 wt %, Mn in the range from not less than 0.01 wt % to not more than 0.7 wt %, Si and Cu, and Al and unavoidable impurities as residuals, and the size of intermetallic compounds is equal to 30 μm or less. |
136 |
ALUMINIUM WHEEL FOR VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD |
US14522549 |
2014-10-23 |
US20150266338A1 |
2015-09-24 |
MinSoo KIM; Kwang Min YOON; Young Chan KIM |
A method of manufacturing an aluminum wheel for a vehicle includes preparing a low density material having particles pulverized. A binder is supplied to the low density material so that the low density material is mixed in a paste state. A wheel core manufacturing mold is heated to 200 to 350° C. and injected into the wheel core manufacturing mold. The wheel core manufacturing mold is closed, a pressure of about 5 to 20 bar is applied, the pressure is maintained for 1 to 5 minutes to solidify the low density material, and the wheel core is ejected. The ejected wheel core is mounted on an aluminum wheel casting mold. The aluminum wheel casting mold is closed, and a pressure of about 1 to 2 bar is applied, and an aluminum molten metal is injected. The aluminum wheel is then ejected from the aluminum wheel casting mold. |
137 |
PRODUCING A METAL COMPONENT WITH A CASTING-AND-FORMING TOOL |
US14484695 |
2014-09-12 |
US20150074983A1 |
2015-03-19 |
Werner Hubauer |
A metal component is produced using a casting-and-forming tool by casting a melt of a metal alloy into the casting-and-forming tool, wherein the melt is poured from above into a base part or reservoir of the casting-and-forming tool at a first pressure, applying pressure to the melt between the base part and an upper part while the melt is solidifying to a component, wherein the solidifying melt is pressurized at a second pressure, which is larger than the first pressure, when the melt is at least partly, i.e., mostly solidified to form a component compressing the component by relative movement of the base part to the upper part so as to compress the component with a third pressure, which is higher than the second pressure. |
138 |
Cast magnesium alloy wheels |
US12557583 |
2009-09-11 |
US08776372B2 |
2014-07-15 |
Paul E. Krajewski; Ravi Verma |
A method of imparting superior fatigue performance to a vehicle wheel cast from a magnesium alloy by selective application of friction stir processing to regions of the casting known to be subject to high in-service stresses is described. The method may be particularly applicable to open wheel designs in which a plurality of spokes is used to connect the hub and rim portions of the wheel. |
139 |
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-ALLOY WHEEL FOR VEHICLE AND THE WHEEL |
US13103467 |
2011-05-09 |
US20110210601A1 |
2011-09-01 |
Katsunori YOSHIMURA |
An outer rim molded material is molded by forging or casting, a portion of the outer rim which extends from a hump to a bead seat is separated from part of a rim flange precursor and is caused to fall in a sloping fashion inwards of a wheel width so as to form a bead seat precursor, and the bead seat precursor so formed is then joined to be welded to a top or side of a rim well rising portion precursor. An external surface is cut to be finished to a proper shape, and an annular hollow portion is formed underneath a lower surface of the bead seat portion. |
140 |
Vehicle Seat |
US13058378 |
2009-08-10 |
US20110140506A1 |
2011-06-16 |
Werner Kermelk; Peter Reh |
The invention relates to a vehicle hybrid wheel comprising a formed steel rim ring and a wheel disk, manufactured as a light-alloy casting having a concentrically formed disk edge, on which the rim ring bears at least partially at multiple, spaced contact points for rotationally fixed connection to the wheel disk. In order to ensure an adequate force flux between the rim ring and the wheel disk, the wheel disk is provided with a circumferentially formed depression, in which a circumferential edge of the rim ring, angled radially outwards in relation to a bead seat section formed on the rim ring, engages by positive interlock and/or force closure. |