Hyundai Motor Company

Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co Ltd

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporatin

Young Rae Jo

Min Soo Kim

Young Chan Kim

Young Il Kim

Jun Min Lee

Sang Bum Park

Chang Hak Yoo

A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange; and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.

Vehicle wheel having adjustable insert neck and method for manufacturing the same

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Seoul, South Korea

Young Rae Jo