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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1980
Alfred W Sieving, Venedy, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A drop center rim (11) of a fabricated heavy-duty industrial wheel (10) is fabricated from several pieces welded together and includes a backup ring (19) positioned within and welded to the inner periphery of a rim well (13). In some embodiments, each of a pair of reinforcing rings (34,36) has an L-shaped cross sectional configuration with an axially extending portion (37) extending into and welded to the inner periphery of the rim well and a radially extending portion (38) having its outer edge welded to the respective bead seat (14,16) of the rim (11). An annular mounting flange (12) is connected to one of the reinforcing or backup rings and extends radially inwardly therefrom.