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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas P Mason, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 631 ; 301 65 ; 29894322 ;
Abstract
At least one bimetal tab is disposed in a groove between a wheel disc formed from a first metal and a wheel rim formed from a second metal which is different from the first metal. The bimetal tab is formed by roll bonding a layer of the first metal to a layer of the second metal. The first metal layer of the bimetal tab is adjacent to the wheel disc while the second metal layer of the tab is adjacent to the wheel disc. A spot weld which extends through the bimetal tab secures the wheel disc to the wheel rim.