Vehicle wheel having a connection of a wheel rim with rim base made from fiber composite material and a wheel disc

US10773545B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Jens Werner · Coswig, DE
• Christian Koehler · Dresden, DE
• André Bartsch · Dresden, DE
• Michael Dressler · Dresden, DE
• Sandro Maeke · Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, DE
• Christian Heilmann · Freising, DE
• Florian FRANKE · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60B1/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim with a rim base made from fiber composite material and a wheel disc. The wheel disc is connected to the wheel rim by a connecting element which is guided through a passage of the rim base and is received in the wheel disc. The wheel rim comprises a connecting arrangement with at least one connecting element and a seal element which covers in a complete and hollow manner a part of one or more adjacent connecting arrangements that extends across the rim outer side of the rim base. A circumferential edge of the seal element is glued in air-tight manner to the rim well. Alternatively, the wheel rim comprises a connecting arrangement with a connecting element and a flexible sealing layer made from plastic and completely covers, by coating, a part of the connecting arrangement which extends over the rim outer side of the rim base. An edge region of the flexible seal layer is connected in an air-tight manner to the rim base.