Wheel, especially disk wheel

US4571005A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung · DE

Inventors

• Franz-Marcus Nowak · Taufkirchen, DE
• Albert Gietl · Brannenburg, DE
• Rolf Leo · Wertingen, DE
• Gerhard Singer · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 1984
• Grant date: Feb 18, 1986
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60B5/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel, especially a disk wheel has six components, namely, two mirror-setrical hub sections, a wheel rim, two bending resistant wheel disks and a thrust and/or shear resistant body enclosed by the rim, by the two hub sections, and by the two wheel disks whereby metal components and fiber composite material components are bonded to one another to form the wheel. The materials of these components are selected for three purposes, to simplify the construction, to optimize the strength characteristics of the wheel, and to greatly increase the wheel's ability to dampen vibrations. The hub sections and rim are made of metal, the disks are made of fiber compound material and the enclosed body is made of metal or fiber compound material all held together by an adhesive bond. The hub sections have radially extending flanges which intermesh with the radially inner edge of the wheel disks in a multilayer fashion. The thrust and/or shear resistant body has preferably a honeycomb type structure.