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Lance Okada

Stuart Kevin Imai

A wheel rim with a circumferential area on a inner surface of the wheel rim. The circumferential area coinciding with the intersection of the inner surface with the lateral balance plane of the wheel rim, the circumferential area being visibly distinguishable from the rest of the inner surface and where the circumferential area is made visibly distinguishable from the rest of the inner surface during the manufacturing of the wheel rim.

Vehicle wheel rim having lateral balance plane

Apparatuses and methods for laterally balancing a wheel or for determining the location for placing a balancing weight on the wheel for laterally balancing the wheel are provided. A method provided includes laterally balancing a wheel on a elongate member. An apparatus includes a member on which the wheel is laterally balanced.

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Gaylordsville, CT, United States of America

Lance Okada