Arconic Corporation

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

Craig M Zehnder

Gabriele F Ciccola

Grant A DeGeorge

Anton J Rovito

Henry Sklyut

John W Cobes

James T Burg

Santosh Prasad

Christopher J Tan

Glenn W Jarvis

Greg Peer

Stephen Leonard

Kelly Weiler

Michael Kulak

James Black

Wilson Lee

Jay H Goodman

A wheel rim including a flange profile on a tire side of an open end flange of the wheel rim, the flange profile defined by the equation: wherein, for 0&#x2264;X&#x2264;1, aTheta1 is between &#x2212;1.004 to &#x2212;0.974, aTheta2 is between &#x2212;&#x2212;1.049 to &#x2212;1.0182, aTheta3 is between &#x2212;3.601 to &#x2212;2.760, aTheta4 is between 18.791 to 25.965, and aTheta5 is between 0.185 to 0.277.

Single piece heavy duty wheel

A wheel for a pneumatic tire has a rim with one monolithic bead seat and a removable beat seat. The removable bead seat has two halves that embrace the rim and engage a groove to retain the tire. The removable bead seat may have a second lip either monolithically formed or as a part of a separate retainer that bolts to the bead seat. The wheel may be made from aluminum alloy.

Wheel assembly

Growing community of inventors

Akron, OH, United States of America

Craig M Zehnder