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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8403426 | Automobile wheel An automobile wheel includes: a wheel rim 2 including a circumferential positioning fitting groove 32 formed circumferentially around the center axis of the wheel rim 2 in the front surface of a circumferential bent portion 31 at which a ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8123303 | Automobile wheel and process for producing the same In an automobile wheel, a surface-side flange is provided on an outer circumferential edge of a wheel disk. The surface-side flange includes: a surface-side annular circumferential portion on an aesthetic surface; and a back-side annular circumferential portion that... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7347505 | Full flat wheel A vehicle wheel assembly includes a wheel disc and a rim that are welded together. The wheel disc includes a full face disc portion with a disc lip extending in an inboard direction. The rim includes a main rim body with a rim lip that extends in an outboard directi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7290838 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel comprises a rim (172) and a disk section (171) separate from the rim. Since the disk section is separate from the rim, the freedom of designing the disk section is improved. The rim comprises an outer rim (178) and an inner rim (... | 11/06/2007 |
| 6971173 | Method of making a rim for a vehicle wheel A method of making a rim of sheet metal for a vehicle wheel, in which: a rectangular geometric shape is cut out of a blank of sheet metal; the blank is bent to obtain a cylindrical hoop; the two fr... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6641224 | Full face vehicle wheel for use in a high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly A high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly includes a pair of full face wheels (20, 20) each defining an axis and including a wheel rim and a full face wheel disc. The rim includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a ge... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6382735 | Full face vehicle wheel and method for producing same This invention relates to a full face vehicle wheel including a wheel rim joined to a wheel disc. The disc includes a body having a wheel mounting surface and an outer annular portion which defines an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange of the wheel.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6213563 | Full face vehicle wheel This invention relates to an improved full face vehicle wheel including a wheel rim joined to a wheel disc. The wheel rim defines an axis and includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, an axially extending well, and an... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6193321 | Full faced steel vehicle wheel and method of manufacture A full faced vehicle wheel manufactured by stamping a steel disc, embossing a plurality of vent holes in the disc and rolling a partial steel rim. The partial steel rim has an outer beadseat with an outer edge, the outer beadseat at its inner surface roll... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6042193 | Welded vehicle wheel A welded vehicle wheel includes a center or wheel disc and a rim. The center has a side wall area at an outermost circumference of the wheel disc having an increasing diameter toward an inner side of the welded vehicle wheel. A substantially axially dispo... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6030051 | Two-piece steel wheel A two-piece steel wheel includes a disk and a rim. At an inboard surface, the disk has a machined surface from an end of a radially outer portion of the disk to a position radially inwardly spaced away from an inside surface of a rim bead seat of the rim.... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5899537 | Wheel for an automobile and a manufacturing method therefor 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... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5772288 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel with a roll-formed rim has an interior rim section and axially spaced first and second beadseat sections. A disc is attached at its skirt flange to the first beadseat section. The first beadseat section has radially outward and radially in... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5647126 | Method for fabrication of a two piece vehicle wheel having a rolled connection between sections A method for fabricating a vehicle wheel having a wheel rim mechanically rolled onto a wheel disc. The wheel disc includes at least one continuous circumferential bead or groove. During the rolling operation a complementary groove or bead is formed in the... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5591386 | Vehicle wheel with filler ring An improved wheel construction includes a disc and a rim secured together and which define a radially inwardly facing circumferential cavity in the wheel. In accordance with the present invention, a filler material is disposed in a substantial portion of ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5577810 | Wheel disk having a non-uniform thickness b 55773576.001 A disk having a non-uniform thickness with a thickness of an end portion thereof being smaller than a thickness of a hub coupling portion and a thickness of a hat portion being smaller than the thickness of the end portion. As a result, rig... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5564792 | Balancing weight attachment system for a vehicle wheel An improved system for attaching balance weights to a wheel utilizes a balancing flange which extends radially inwardly from a wheel rim for mounting the balance weights. The system is particularly suited for use with full face wheels of the type wherein ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5558407 | Aluminum full face vehicle wheel An improved aluminum full face vehicle wheel is disclosed wherein the associated rim includes a uniquely shaped outboard tire bead seat which facilitates the welding of the rim to the associated wheel disc. In particular, the rim includes an axially exten... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5548896 | Method of manufacturing a full face wheel assembly A full face wheel assembly comprises a full face disc and a rim. The disc is preferably cast from aluminum whereas the rim is rolled from aluminum strip stock. The full face disc comprises an outboard bead seat flange, an outboard bead seat and an outboar... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5435633 | Aluminum full face vehicle wheel An improved aluminum full face vehicle wheel is disclosed wherein the associated rim includes a uniquely shaped outboard tire bead seat which facilitates the welding of the rim to the associated wheel disc. In particular, the rim includes an axially exten... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5435632 | Full face fabricated vehicle wheel An improved full face fabricated vehicle wheel is disclosed wherein the rim includes a uniquely shaped outboard tire bead seat which facilitates the welding of the rim to the associated wheel disc. In particular, the outboard tire bead seat includes a fir... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5431486 | Disc road wheel having gas ventilation grooves between the rim and the disc A disc road wheel on which a tire is fitted. The disc road wheel has a disc formed with an outer peripheral annular flange section which is press-fitted to the inner peripheral section of a rim. The flange section is formed at its outer peripheral surface... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421642 | Bimetal full face wheel A bimetal full face wheel having an improved structure for attaching a preformed partial wheel rim to a full face cast wheel disk. The improved structure includes a weld anchor having a cylindrical sleeve with a flange extending radially outwardly from on... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5360261 | Full face wheel assembly A full face wheel assembly comprises a full face disc and a rim. The disc is preferably cast from aluminum whereas the rim is rolled from aluminum strip stock. The full face disc comprises an outboard bead seat flange, an outboard bead seat and an outboar... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5257455 | Method of making a two-piece/full face sheet metal disk wheel 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 ha... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5188429 | Fabricated wheel having a radially inwardly extending disc face A fabricated vehicle wheel wherein a separately formed mounting cup is secured to a back surface of a disc face, and wherein the disc face extends radially inwardly to substantially cover a lug mounting area formed in the mounting cup. The inwardly extend... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4610482 | Vehicle wheel with disc forming outer tire retaining flange An automotive passenger vehicle, full-face styled wheel construction having a sheet metal disc with an outer peripheral portion formed to provide an outboard tire bead retaining flange. The rim includes an inboard tire bead retaining flange, an inboard ti... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4530542 | Non-ferrous wheel center with chromed steel cover A wheel has a structural wheel center of non-ferrous metal, such as aluminum or magnesium, with the outboard surface of the wheel center being unplated and of unfinished appearance, a tire supporting rim connected to the wheel center, and a chrome plated,... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4361358 | Wheel disc offset attachment to wheel rim A wheel outer body portion interfits a rim outboard hump, and insert structure on that outer body portion attaches to the rim proximate a rim annular wall between the hump and a rim well portion. Wheel brake structure is bounded by the rim, the wheel body... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4190297 | Wheel for air or gas filled tires for motor vehicles A wheel for pneumatic tires for use on motor vehicles having a ring-shaped rim around a central disc or dish wherein the rim is made of a composite section with a light metal body section and an insert of higher strength metal which forms part of the surf... | 02/26/1980 |