Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Pacific Industrial Company, Ltd.

Hideyo Nehyo

Masahide Furukawa

Tomoyuki Ishikawa

Kiichiro Kunishima

Hirotaka Terai

Naoki Tanimura

Kenichi Mikamo

A cap has a plurality of engaging portions elastically engageable with a wheel for holding a tire. The cap is configured to partly cover the wheel. Each of the plurality of engaging portions has a spring member formed of metal.

A vehicle wheel according to the present invention includes a hollow-state hollow portion and a solid-state non-hollow portion inside an outboard bead seat in a radial direction, which are provided in series in a circumferential direction of the wheel, the non-hollow portion having a cross section with a larger area than a hole cross section of a valve hole and having the valve hole formed therein. This structure prevents a sealing structure for ensuring hermetic performance from being complicated as compared to a wheel having the valve hole in the hollow portion, thus simplifying a mounting structure of an air valve. A method for manufacturing such a vehicle wheel allows formation of the valve hole in the non-hollow portion. Machining dust generated through a cutting process can thus be prevented from entering the hollow portion and remaining therein.

Vehicle wheel and method for manufacturing vehicle wheel

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Anjo, Japan

Hideyo Nehyo