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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1997
Toshiharu Hosoda, Ayase, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Kobayashi, Kangawa-ken, JP;
Yukio Koseki, Kuki, JP;
Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A two-piece steel wheel includes a disk and a rim. At an inboard surface, the disk has a machined surface from an end of a radially outer portion of the disk to a position radially inwardly spaced away from an inside surface of a rim bead seat of the rim. The machined surface is connected via a curved surface to a non-machined surface of a radially inner portion of the disk. The rim bead seat is abutted to the machined surface of the radially outer portion of the disk and welded with the disk. A sealant is coated to the corner of the rim bead set and the disk from an inside of the rim.