Patent · US Expired

Method of making a two-piece/full face sheet metal disk wheel

US5257455A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1992
Grant dateNov 2, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49501
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a two-piece/full-face sheet metal disk wheel including a disk with a full-face structure which utilizes an outer peripheral: portion of the disk as a front-side flange of a rim. This wheel includes the rim, and the disk having the outer peripheral portion radially separated into an outer portion and an inner portion, wherein the outer portion forms the front-side flange of the rim and the inner portion forms an engagement portion for the rim, and wherein the engagement portion is engaged with and welded at the position of an inner peripheral surface on an inner side of an outer-side bead seat of the rim.

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