Thyssenkrupp Carbon Components Gmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Michael Dreßler

Jens Werner

André Bartsch

Christian Köhler

Sandro Mäke

Werner Hufenbach

Martin Lepper

Elmar JÄGER

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.

Wheel spider with assembled spoke elements and connection of wheel spider to rim well

A wheel with a rim as well as a wheel spider, where the wheel spider has a hub and spokes. The wheel includes spokes including one or more linearly stretched textile strands as reinforcement material of a fiber composite and each linearly stretched textile strand runs at least once from the rim to the hub and back without interruption and thus forms at least one spoke. The textile strands are connected in a positive-locking manner and/or in substance with the hub and the rim. A process is provided for the manufacture of the wheel.

Wheel spider

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Dresden, Germany

Michael Dreßler