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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7309110 | Wheel with composite rim produced by resin transfer molding A wheel formed by the assembly of a disc comprising a hub bearing surface, a transition zone and a radially outer edge, and of a rim with at least a first laminated composite structure formed of at least one fabric of long fibers which are oriented in two distinct d... | 12/18/2007 |
| 6736463 | Wheel for a motor vehicle The wheel includes an outer rim, made of a metal material, for supporting a tire, first and second annular elements, also metal, are each arranged within the rim with a circumferential skirt adjacent the rim and a perimretal edge connected to a corresponding outer e... | 05/18/2004 |
| 4863207 | Disc wheel, particularly for rail vehicles A disc wheel, particularly for rail vehicles, with a composite metal/plastic structure. In order to make possible simple manufacture with at the same time adequate force transmission, a structure between the hub and the tread comprises a plastic structure... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4640330 | Seal device for central sections of wheel halves The present invention is a wheel for vehicles consisting of first and second generally cupshaped, substantially similiar wheel halves each having an integral center section and an integral rim section with a central opening in the center section and a sea... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4424842 | Vehicle wheel having safety tread A vehicle wheel comprises two circular wheel halves, each having a portion of a rim, approximately one-half of the circumference of a safety tread and means for attaching the tread portion to the rim portion. The parts of the tread interface with each oth... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4223952 | Automotive wheel construction A drawn automotive vehicle wheel comprising first and second wheel halves contiguous about a disc plate positioned in between. The wheel halves are generally cup-shaped, each having a center section and an integral rim section and the disc plate is of sim... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4200326 | Reinforced railway wheels and axles An axle and wheel assembly particularly adapted for railcar usage is disclosed as having a metal-foam construction that is light in weight but of a relatively high strength. The axle includes an elongated hollow steel outer axle member and an elongated ho... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4114953 | Motor vehicle wheel A motor vehicle wheel, particularly a motorcycle wheel, comprising two identical, contiguous, co-axial, complementary light metal pressings or stampings fixed to a hub member, each forming half of a rim bed for a tire. The two mating wheel pressings provi... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4067600 | Track wheel having a lightweight construction A wheel of lightweight construction useful as a wheel for a railroad car having a hub portion and a rim portion. The hub portion is connected to the rim portion by a pair of spaced apart opposed concavely shaped wheel discs positioned back-to-back. Each o... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4035028 | Wheel assemblies and components Vehicle wheel components of the disclosure are manufactured by a foam construction wherein structural members are secured to each other to define a cavity that receives foam which adheres to the members so as to cooperate therewith as a load bearing compo... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4000926 | Wheel with individually formed ribs A vehicle wheel of the disclosure includes a plurality of structural members secured to each other to define a cavity that receives foam which adheres to the structural members to cooperate therewith as a load bearing component. One of the structural memb... | 01/04/1977 |
