Wheel for a motor vehicle and a method of making the wheel

US6758533B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Frank Hummel · Trochtelfingen, DE
• Jens Stach · Heimsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S425/058
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a wheel for a motor vehicle, the existing hollow spaces are filled with residual cores. These cores are made of a metallic foam or are of shell-shaped bodies or shell-shaped bodies filled with metallic foam. The cores are arranged in closed and open hollow spaces.