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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Michel Tatraux-Paro, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Alain Vaxelaire, Romagnat, FR;
Assignee:
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin--Michelin & Cie, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 65 ; 301 95 ;
Abstract
A wheel for motor vehicles in which a rim (2) of composite material and a tal disk (3) are assembled to each other by an assembly edge (6) formed by the free peripheral end of the disk (3) and the assembly edge (6) is embedded in the rim (2) in such a manner that both faces of the edge are covered by the rim. A method of manufacturing such a wheel which includes the steps of producing the metal disk (3), then positioning the free peripheral end (6) of the disk (3) in a mold, and molding the rim (2) on the end, the rim covering the two faces of the end (6).