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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7895752 | Spoked wheel disk manufacturing method and spoked wheel A method comprising: a step of preforming a plurality of bulging portions on a substantially circular plate blank, the bulging portions being located concentrically and circumferentially outward of a bolt hole, each of the bulging portions being a base of a reinforc... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7774938 | Method of production a tire rim having different wall thicknesses Thus, the present disclosure includes a method of producing a weight-optimized pneumatic tire rim having rotationally-symmetrically partially different wall thickness. The steps include: providing a tube section having a first wall thickness and two end sides; level... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7251890 | Method for producing wheel pans A method for producing a wheel pan includes cold-rolling a rectangular metal strip of a given uniform thickness by conical rolls into a semicircular ring, such that the thickness reduction on the outer edge of the curved strip is at least 20%, and the circumference ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7121128 | Method of manufacturing elliptic deep-drawn products A method of manufacturing an elliptic deep-drawn product including a first step of providing an intermediate product and a second step of providing an end product. In the first step, a rotary forming die is used to form in a blank a substantially round formed portio... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101447 | Tantalum sputtering target with fine grains and uniform texture and method of manufacture A method for producing a tantalum sputtering component includes a minimum of three stages each of which include a deformation step followed by an inert atmosphere high-temperature anneal. Temperatures of each of the anneal steps can be different from one another. A ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6839967 | Lightened disk for a wheel and a method for manufacturing the same A lightened disk for a wheel has a flange having an axially inboard edge. The inboard edge includes a general portion which is located in a plane perpendicular to an axis of the disk. The flange portion has a thickness less than 90% of a thickness of a disk material... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6785962 | Method for producing a full face fabricated vehicle wheel This invention relates to an improved method for forming a full face fabricated vehicle wheel and includes the steps of: (a) providing a disc blank formed from a metal material; (b) subjecting the disc blank to a metal stamping operation to produce a partially forme... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6663190 | Balance adjusted wheel For balancing a wheel, which is formed of a rolled plate having varying thickness, the wheel is provided with a disk which is formed by a rolled plate having varying thickness in the rolling direction, wherein wheel balance is adjusted by radially adjusti... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6539765 | Rotary forging and quenching apparatus and method A rotary forging and quenching apparatus and method forms and rapidly cools an axial-symmetric object from a spin formable material. The process uses a preheated billet which is clamped between opposed fixture mandrels which have a circumferential die sha... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6473967 | Method for producing a fabricated vehicle wheel An improved method for forming a vehicle wheel includes the steps of steps of: (a) providing a wheel rim defining a rim axis and including a generally axially extending well portion and a pair of opposed ends, one of the ends including an inboard tire bea... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6408669 | Method and apparatus for wheel spindles and the like with improved LRO A wheel spindle flange (and the like) has stud holes with soft surface hardness formed therein which permit non-rotational splines, studs and the like to be press-fitted therein with minimal press force at a centered press zone established between intenti... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6370777 | Method for producing a full face vehicle wheel A method for producing a full face vehicle wheel wherein at least the inboard tire bead seat is precisely oriented and located relative to all axis of the associated vehicle wheel includes the steps of: (a) providing a vehicle wheel assembly having a whee... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6282788 | Vehicle wheel and method for producing same An improved vehicle wheel and method for producing the same includes a wheel rim and a wheel disc joined together by a weld. The wheel disc includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting portion which defines a vertical axis and an outer annular fl... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6052901 | Process for production of lightweight sheet-steel wheel for vehicles The invention relates to a light construction wheel of steel sheet which is produced by the cold working of a flat, one-piece circular steel sheet disc formed by the welding together of a first circular disc (1) and a second annular disc (3). In the light... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5951114 | Wheel for a motorized land vehicle A wheel for a motorized land vehicle is composed of a wheel body and a roughly cylindrical wheel rim. The wheel body consists of a roughly cylindrical central part which serves to center and to mount the wheel on the axle hub of the vehicle. It also consi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5933956 | Method of making a light-metal strip wheel A light-metal strip wheel, in particular for motor vehicles, which includes a wheel disk and a rim. The wheel disk comprises two wheel-disk parts each having a ventilation hole. The ventilation holes have necks that when pressed into one another, secure t... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5740609 | Method of making one-piece vehicle wheels and the like A method of making one-piece vehicle wheels and the like includes providing a generally circular blank from sheet stock. The blank is preferably preformed with a center portion in the final shape of the disc portion of the wheel, and a peripheral portion ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5722165 | Method of producing a cast wheel In a method for producing a cast aluminum wheel, a cast aluminum wheel is produced, and then all of three strengthening processes are applied to the cast aluminum wheel. The three strengthening processes include forging a portion of the cast wheel between... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5694687 | Method for producing a fabricated vehicle wheel An improved method for forming a vehicle wheel includes the steps of steps of: (a) providing a rim defining a rim axis and including a generally axially extending well portion and a pair of opposed ends, one of said ends including an inboard tire bead sea... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5517759 | Method of making a variable off-set full face wheel A method and apparatus, and a modified wheel made thereby for varying the wheel offset dimension of an automotive vehicle full face wheel of the type disclosed and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,610,482 and having a predetermined first wheel offset dimension.... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5440796 | Method for manufacturing a brake shoe The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a brake shoe particularly for drum brakes of motor vehicles, having a carrier of the brake lining whose outside surface has the shape of a circular cylindrical section, and having an arcuate or sickl... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5388330 | Method for making disc wheels An improved wheel disc and disc and rim wheel assembly, and method and press apparatus for manufacturing the same. The wheel disc is adapted for telescopic press fit precision mounting into a mating wheel rim to form the wheel assembly. A flat disc blank ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5345676 | Method for producing a full face fabricated vehicle wheel An improved method for producing a full face fabricated vehicle wheel is disclosed, wherein a full face disc is formed by combining stamping and flow spinning operations. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a generally circular rim defining an... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5295304 | Method for producing a full face fabricated wheel An improved method for producing a full face fabricated wheel. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a rim defining an axis and including an axially extending well and a pair of opposed ends, one of the ends including an inboard tire bead seat r... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5235886 | Apparatus for manufacture of vehicle wheels Apparatus for forming at least one mounting opening in a vehicle wheel that includes a circumferential array of locating jaws movable between an outer position and an inner position radially inward of the outer position in which the locating jaws engage t... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4936129 | Method for forming a vehicle wheel A method of manufacturing vehicle wheels from a disc blank, in which the wheel has rim portions of uniform thickness and different lengths. The wheel is made by spin forging the edge portion of the disc to form an angled portion, splitting the disc into t... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4897909 | Method for wheel manufacture by punch forming Method for punch forming center pilot opening or other wheel mounting surfaces in a pierceable metal performed wheel disc blank mounted internally of the wheel rim. A combination pierce and shave punch forms the disc opening in a single working stroke and... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4821388 | Method for processing a nut seat on a wheel A method for processing a nut seat formed around a bolthole on a wheel including the steps of drilling the nut seat and the bolthole substantially simultaneously with a step drill and performing roller burnishing on at least edge portions of the nut seat ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4819472 | Method of wheel manufacture for correcting rotational non-uniformity of a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly A method and apparatus (50 or 110) for forming bolt and center-pilot mounting openings (36, 30) in vehicle wheels (16 or 112), particularly styled-disc vehicle wheels. A preformed rim and disc assembly is engaged and fixtured around the rim bead seat (20,... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4573338 | Method of wheel manufacture for correcting rotational non-uniformity of a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly, apparatus for performing such method and resulting wheel A method of manufacturing a disc vehicle wheel having both bolt openings and a center pilot opening in the wheel disc wherein the average axis of the wheel bead seats is eccentrically offset from both the bolt hole circle and center hole axes by an amount... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4280426 | Method of manufacturing wheel discs A wheel disc and method of manufacture wherein disc blanks are punched from a continuous length of strip material in an enchelonned nested pattern so as to minimize stock scrap and wastage. The disc blanks are substantially flat and have a peripheral edge... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4241597 | Wheel disc manufacturing An improved tapered wheel disc and method of making the same which includes the steps of spin-forming a radially outwardly-tapering concave disc from a section of blanked stock and piercing hand holes in the spun-tapered disc, the improvement comprising t... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4228671 | Process for making a vehicle wheel A process for making an aluminum vehicle wheel. The process includes casting the body of the wheel from aluminum. The drop center of the wheel is shot peened to seal air-transfer holes and also to increase the fatigue strength thereof. Next, both the drop... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4062215 | Process for expanding wheel components A process and apparatus for making a metal annular member of precise tolerances. The workpiece is formed by welding sheet metal into a tube. The workpiece is presized by expanding it and plastically stretching it into a precise predetermined annular confi... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3951563 | Manufacture of vehicle disc wheels A method of truing a spigot located disc wheel comprising clamping the wheel between two adaptors, rotating the wheel, measuring the radial displacements at each bead seat, and operating a borer in response to the displacements to bore a central spigot ho... | 04/20/1976 |
