Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
301640101 | Wheel disc having spoke formation | 26 |
20100320830 | WHEEL HUB - A hub for a wheel having a low mass and low moment of inertia includes a tubular body with a bore having, and three radially-extending arms that terminate with a tab. The hub is adapted for mounting on the radial flange of a wheel rim. The arms are space 120 degrees apart and extend from the body tapering from a relatively thick and wide portion to a relatively narrow and thin portion. A bore in the tab receives a fastener for securing the tab to the flange. Mounting hardware including spacers, bearings, O-rings, and an oil seal are secured within the body bore for mounting the hub onto the spindle of a vehicle steering mechanism. A hub nut and cotter pin secures the hub to the spindle. A center cap covers the open end of the body. The hub may optionally include three flanges for mounting a brake rotor. | 12-23-2010 |
20110140507 | WHEEL WITH INCREASED INTERIOR LIP DEPTH - Disclosed are various embodiments of wheels having an increased interior lip depth. In some embodiments, the wheel can include a wheel barrel having a register formed on the inner surface thereof. A wheel center piece can have a junction rim secured to the register. The wheel center piece can include a center portion configured to be secured to a vehicle. The wheel center piece can include spokes which extend radially outwardly from the center portion and axial extenders which connect the radially outward ends of the spokes to the junction rim. The axial extenders can function to increase the size of the cavity formed between the wheel center piece and the inboard end of the wheel. Thus, the cavity can have a volume sufficient to accommodate mechanical components of the vehicle while allowing the register can be formed relatively close to the inboard side of the wheel, thereby increasing the depth of the interior lip extending from the outboard end of the wheel to the junction rim. In some embodiments, a one-piece wheel may be configured to have the appearance of being a multi-piece wheel having an increased interior lip depth. In some embodiments, a wheel component covering insert may be applied to the inner surface of the wheel barrel. | 06-16-2011 |
20110210602 | AUTOMOBILE WHEEL - In an automobile wheel, a disc flange of a wheel disc includes bent surface-side edge portions each having an arcuate shape and arranged concentrically with each other, and the bent surface-side edge portions extend from the surface-side end edge of a fitted straight annular portion to be bent radially inward and are dented to a back side of the outer end portions of the lateral edge portions of spokes. The thus configured automobile wheel can exhibit high strength and rigidity against a radial load, a bending load, and a torsional load because of the shape of the bent surface-side edge portions, thereby suppressing deformation of the disc flange caused while an automobile is running. Thus, it is possible to mitigate a stress concentration on a joined portion between the wheel disc and a wheel rim. | 09-01-2011 |
20110210603 | VEHICLE WHEEL - The technology provides vehicle wheels that can include a hub coupling portion and a spoke portion. The spoke portion can have a waved portion at a portion of the spoke portion in the radial direction of the wheel and can be decreased in section modulus at a cross section of the portion of the spoke portion taken along a plane perpendicular to the radial direction of the wheel. The waved portion can be formed by displacing the spoke bottom wall and/or the spoke reinforcing walls in the axial direction of the wheel. | 09-01-2011 |
20110309670 | Decorative rim - The present invention relates to decorative rims for self-propelled vehicles. The decorative rim is manufactured with a logo incorporated into the spokes of the rim spatially disposed within the decorative rim. | 12-22-2011 |
20120074764 | FABRICATED VEHICLE WHEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - This invention relates to a fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing the same. The wheel includes a rim and a disc secured to the rim. The disc includes a plurality of outwardly extending spokes, an outer rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface and a window formed therein between adjacent pairs of spokes and having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange such that each of the windows extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc, at least one of the windows includes at least a first window portion and a second window portion, the first window portion being formed by a first piercing operation and the second window portion being formed by a second piercing operation. The method for producing the wheel of operation to produce a first window portion in the disc between a pair of adjacent spokes; (d) subjecting the disc to at least a second window piercing operation to produce a second window portion in the disc, the first window portion and the second window portion cooperating to define a pierced window in the disc having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes an outermost periphery of the disc; and (e) securing the disc and the rim together to produce the fabricated vehicle wheel. | 03-29-2012 |
20120104835 | Gauge Wheel for an Agricultural Machine - A gauge wheel is formed from a peripheral rubber tire, a rim portion defined by first and second metal portions with flanges defining an inner edge spaced inwardly of the rim section and outwardly of the axis, a hub portion defined by third and fourth metal portions each shaped to define a bearing carrying inner section and a mounting flange with the mounting flanges bolted together the inner sections define a bearing support for receiving a bearing together with a metal plate member lying in a radial plane and having an outer ring portion bolted to one side of the mounting flanges of the rim portions, an inner ring portion bolted to one side of the mounting flanges of the hub portions and a plurality of spokes connecting the outer ring portion to the inner ring portion leaving mud discharge holes between the spokes. | 05-03-2012 |
20130257139 | AUTOMOBILE WHEEL - An automobile wheel is provided with a spoke section and a disk flange section. The spoke section is provided with a central groove section and raised side section disposed on either side of the central groove section. The raised side sections are provided with a peak side section that protrudes to the front and a flange section that extends from the side edge of the peak side section to the back. Meanwhile, the disk flange section is provided with a connector section and front edge sections that curve radially inward from the front edge of the connector section. The front edge sections are depressed toward the back relative to the peak side section of the raised side section. This automobile wheel, by means of the synergy between the shape effects of the spoke section and the disk flange section, improves strength and rigidity for withstanding radial loads and bending/torsional loads. | 10-03-2013 |
20140070601 | VEHICLE WHEEL DISK | 03-13-2014 |
20140077584 | MOTOR HOUSING INTEGRATED-TYPE SPOKE FOR ELECTRIC BICYCLE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A motor housing integrated type spoke for an electric bicycle and a manufacturing method thereof, a wheel assembly having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, the motor housing integrated type spoke coupled to a rim and including a motor housing, which is provided at a center of the motor housing integrated-type spoke to accommodate a motor, the motor housing integrally formed with the motor housing integrated-type spoke through an injection molding. | 03-20-2014 |
20140139011 | INTEGRATED-TYPE SPOKE STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR BICYCLE HAVING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An integrated type spoke structure, a wheel assembly for a bicycle having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, the integrated type spoke structure for a spoke coupled to a rim, the spoke including a reinforcing member provided at an end portion of the spoke formed of plastic, and a hub provided at a center of the spoke, wherein the reinforcing member and the hub are formed of material having rigidity larger than a rigidity of the spoke, and are integrally formed with each other through an injection molding. | 05-22-2014 |
20140292062 | Automotive Rims - Generally described are specially designed tire or wheel-rims that are adorned with the logos of professional and college athletic teams. In one embodiment, rims according to the present disclosure provide automobile enthusiasts and sport aficionados a unique means of celebrating a favorite sports team, while adding a dazzling personal touch to ordinary tires and rims. The features of the preferred embodiments which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. | 10-02-2014 |
20150061354 | VEHICLE WHEEL - Provided is a one piece vehicle wheel capable of obtaining design having a high-class feeling, improving the cleaning property, reducing the weight, and easily adjusting the weight balance without deteriorating the design. | 03-05-2015 |
20150102656 | AUTOMOBILE WHEEL - Each spoke portion ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150130261 | Method of Designing and Producing Carbon Fiber Wheels - A method of designing and producing the spoke section of a vehicle wheel using chopped carbon fiber pre-impregnated composite material is provided, wherein the method allows wheel designers to machine several different wheel designs, wheel diameters, and wheels with different offsets without using different material molds for each, as is customary with traditional carbon fiber reinforced plastic wheels designed using a layup procedure. The present method greatly reduces material waste, engineering design effort for each wheel, and the cost of each wheel over existing methods by using a single mold that can accommodate different wheel designs. | 05-14-2015 |
20150290969 | Vehicle Wheel for Passenger Cars - A vehicle wheel e.g. for passenger cars, having a disc part connected to a rim part, the disc part, integrally formed form a sheet metal blank, has a central part with bolt holes for wheel bolts and a central hole for a vehicle hub, and a plurality of radially extending spoke arrangements for transmitting forces between the vehicle hub and the rim part. Each spoke arrangement is provided with a central web, merging on both sides into a radially extending side web, being bent outwards from the surface of the central web, and an edge web, bent back again relative to the side web, wherein the radially outer ends of the webs merge into a disc rim, being aligned parallel to the wheel axis, connecting all spoke arrangements to one another and delimiting ventilation holes. In order to provide, without structural drawbacks, steel vehicle wheels with an unequal number of bolt holes and spoke arrangements, an inner annular bead and an outer annular bead are formed in the central part, which beads are concentric with one another and with the disc rim, and a raised annular strip provided with the bolt holes is formed between the beads. | 10-15-2015 |
20150328922 | FACE TO HUB CONNECTION FOR A COMPOSITE WHEEL - A connection between a face portion ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150360509 | WHEEL SPIDER WITH ASSEMBLED SPOKE ELEMENTS AND CONNECTION OF WHEEL SPIDER TO RIM WELL - A wheel includes a rim having a rim well and rim flanges, a hub, and at least three spoke elements. Each spoke element forms at least one spoke between the hub and the rim. The spoke elements are fastened to an inside of the rim in a form-closed manner or a form-closed and bonded manner. In the hub region, the spoke elements are supported on each other in a circumferential direction at abutting surfaces designed therefor. A method for producing the wheel is provided. | 12-17-2015 |
20160001591 | VEHICLE WHEEL DECORATION METHOD APPLYING DECORATION TO THREE-DIMENSIONALLY-SHAPED WHEEL DESIGN SURFACE, AND VEHICLE WHEEL WITH DECORATED THREE-DIMENSIONALLY-SHAPED WHEEL DESIGN SURFACE - A vehicle wheel decoration method for decorating a three-dimensionally-shaped wheel design surface of a vehicle wheel provided with a rim and a disk having a plurality of spokes, the wheel design surface being visible from the outside in a state where the vehicle wheel is mounted on a vehicle. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001592 | Vehicle Wheel for Passenger Cars - Vehicle wheel comprising a rim part and a disc part formed from a one-piece sheet metal blank and including a central portion with bolt holes and a plurality of radially extending spoke arrangements merging into a disc edge delimiting together with the spoke arrangements ventilation apertures which extend over the region between the edge webs and the disc edge. In order to create steel wheels with four-hole fixing in which high strength and stiffness are achieved the number of spoke arrangements and of bolt holes is four and these are in each case arranged mirror-symmetrically with respect to a common radial line, with the width of each spoke arrangement narrowing radially towards the outside and each ventilation aperture extending in the circumferential direction over an arc length of more than ⅙ of the circumference of the disc part. Further, each ventilation aperture is having on a radial line a maximum radial clear width which is equal to or preferably greater than the radial width of the metal portion of the disc part on the same radial line. | 01-07-2016 |
20160121648 | WHEEL WITH ALUMINUM FOAM FOR TIRE CAVITY NOISE SUPPRESSION - A wheel assembly includes a wheel including a spoke portion radially supporting a rim portion about a central axis, wherein the rim portion presents a radial outer surface relative to the central axis. A tire is mounted to the wheel and cooperates with the wheel to define a tire cavity between the radial outer surface of the rim portion and the tire. A foamed aluminum portion is supported by the wheel, and includes a plurality of pores arranged to define an open-cell foam. The plurality of pores of the foamed aluminum portion is disposed in fluid communication with the tire cavity to absorb noise from within the tire cavity. The foamed aluminum portion may be integrally cast with the wheel, or otherwise affixed to the wheel. | 05-05-2016 |
301640102 | Spoke unitary with rim | 5 |
20110193404 | VEHICLE WHEEL DISK - The technology provides vehicle wheel disks where a spoke portion can have a spoke bottom wall and a spoke side portion. The spoke side portion can include a spoke side wall rising from the spoke bottom wall in an axial direction of the wheel and a spoke reinforcing wall connected from an axially end portion of the spoke side wall and curved from the axial direction of the wheel toward a circumferential direction of the wheel and extending in the circumferential direction of the wheel. A pair of spoke side portions can be located on opposite sides of the vent window in the circumferential direction of the wheel have radially inner end portions which are connected to each other via a connecting wall. The connecting wall can be flat or substantially flat in the circumferential direction of the wheel. | 08-11-2011 |
20110193405 | VEHICLE WHEEL DISK - A vehicle wheel disk comprising: a hub coupling portion surrounding a hub hole; a plurality of spoke portions each extending outwardly in a radial direction of a wheel from the hub coupling portion and having a spoke bottom wall and a spoke side portion; a vent window located between adjacent spoke portions of the plurality of spoke portions; a disk radially outer portion located at a radially outer end portion of the wheel and connecting radially outer end portions of the plurality of spoke portions in a circumferential direction of the wheel; and a connecting wall located radially inside the disk radially outer portion and connecting a pair of spoke side portions located on opposite sides of the vent window in the circumferential direction of the wheel; wherein the spoke bottom wall includes a bottom wall inclined portion extending outwardly in an axial direction of the wheel from the hub coupling portion, and a bottom wall main portion extending outwardly in the radial direction of the wheel from the bottom wall inclined portion, wherein the spoke side portion includes a spoke side wall extending in the axial direction of the wheel from each of opposite circumferential ends of the spoke bottom wall and a spoke strengthening wall extending in the circumferential direction of the wheel from an axial end of the spoke side wall, wherein the connecting wall includes a vent window surrounding portion, a vent window surrounding curved portion, and a crest wall portion of a radially inwardly protruding protrusion. | 08-11-2011 |
20110241415 | WHEEL STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A wheel for saddle-ride type vehicle is formed of a hub part, multiple spoke parts, and a rim part. The wheel includes disc attachment boss parts to which a brake disc is attached and which are provided, in a manner disposed in a vehicle width direction, integrally on one side of the multiple spoke parts, at middle portions thereof in a radial direction of the wheel. Each of the multiple spoke parts has a crotch part where one hub-side spoke part splits into two rim-side spoke parts in the vehicle side view. | 10-06-2011 |
20130119749 | WHEEL FOR VEHICLE - An automobile wheel | 05-16-2013 |
20140361602 | WHEEL FOR STRADDLE VEHICLE - A wheel for straddle vehicle includes a hub, a rim, a plurality of first spokes, a plurality of second spokes, spoke side hollow portions, and first opening portions. Each of the plurality of second spokes is provided between adjacent two first spokes among the plurality of first spokes to be a pair with a closest first spoke between the adjacent two first spokes. The pair has opposite surfaces facing to each other. The spoke side hollow portions are provided inside the plurality of first spokes and second spokes, respectively. The first opening portions are provided on the opposite surfaces, respectively. Each of the first opening portions communicates with each of the spoke side hollow portions. | 12-11-2014 |