Wire spoke vehicle wheel and method of manufacture
US4398770A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/4954
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A composite ornamental vehicle wheel assembly comprising a steel wheel having an overlay molded thereon along the axially outboard surface of the wheel disc and the radially inboard surface of the rim. A plurality of wire spoke elements are mounted in paired axially spaced circumferential arrays between nipples threaded into the overlay adjacent the wheel rim and support pockets formed in the overlay radially inwardly of the rim. Annular retaining elements are mounted to the overlay structure and capture the inner ends of the various spoke elements in assembly.
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