Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Bbs Motorsport Gmbh

Bbs Japan Co., Ltd.

Kringlan Composites Ag

Roman Mueller

Thorsten Welte

Niccolo Pini

Hubert Burlefinger

Markus Tomasini

A vehicle wheel having a rim, or a rim of a vehicle wheel, is provided wherein the rim consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic material in the form of several layers of a fiber-reinforced semi-finished plastic product. The layers are shaped to form a finished component in a press while heat is supplied. The rim conventionally consists of a rim well, whose two sides are adjoined by a rim shoulder, which transitions into a rim flange. The rim well is formed by several layers of a base laminate, which extends to the rim flange, between which layers further layers are inserted in the area of the rim shoulder as well as of the rim flange. The further layers have an essentially tangential fiber alignment.

Vehicle wheel with a rim made of fiber-reinforced synthetic material

The invention relates to a wheel (), particularly a partially light-metal wheel and/or a light-metal wheel for motor vehicles, essentially comprising a rim () and a wheel spider (), wherein the wheel spider () is made of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. According to the invention, the wheel () has a clamping ring (). The wheel spider () can be fastened to the rim () by means of the clamping ring ().

Wheel for motor vehicle

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Schiltach, Germany

Roman Mueller