Fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing same

US8231180B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alan Coleman · Southgate, US
• Joseph W. Wolf · Canton, US
• Thomas Heck · Wooster, US
• Todd Duffield · Westland, US
• John Holm · Superior Charter Township, US
• Robert J. Wendt · Keego Harbor, US
• Christopher A. Putz · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49499
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A full face fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel comprises a full face wheel disc defining an axis and formed from a suitable material, the wheel disc having an outer end; and a wheel rim formed from a suitable material and having an outer end joined to the outer end of the wheel disc by at least one weld to produce the fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel; wherein the fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel includes only a generally radially outwardly extending outer end formed by a combination of at least a portion of two of the outer end of the wheel disc the outer end of the wheel rim and the at least one weld.