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Wheel for an automobile and a manufacturing method therefor

US5899537A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 1997
Grant dateMay 4, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60B3/044
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel for an automobile and a manufacturing method therefor wherein, in manufacturing a disc material portion from a substantially flat square plate, a length of the side of the substantially flat square plate is selected so that, after the subsequently formed disc is pressed into a rim, a most recessed portion of a ventilation is located axially outside a center of curvature of a well radius of the rim.

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