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Wheel disc for a disc wheel

US10266004B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Maxion Wheels Germany Holding GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Joachim Vorbeck · Bonn, DE
Karl Rode · Rübhausen, DE
Barbara Nücken · Rübhausen, DE
Peter Matthias Grütgen · Rübhausen, DE
Carlos Eduardo Lopes · São Paulo, BR

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2015
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/86
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel disc for a disc wheel, especially for utility vehicles; with an essentially radially extending hub fitting flange and an essentially cylindrical disc edge which can be joined to a wheel rim, and with a transition region extending between the hub fitting flange and the disc edge, wherein the transition region is subdivided into at least five segments (AI to V) passing into each other or into the hub fitting flange or the disc edge, each of which has an outer end situated closer to the hub fitting flange and an inner end situated closer to the disc edge, wherein neighboring segments have curvatures with different directions and variable material thickness, with the ratios of the material thicknesses and the ratio of their lengths to heights are chosen as follows:

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