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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory Ashby, Walderslade, GB;
Terence Roy Crowe, Shrewsbury, GB;
Assignee:
GKN Sankey Limited, Shropshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/10 ; B60B 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/10 ; B60B 2/500 ;
Abstract
A method of making a wheel from a rim selected from a plurality of rims of different nominal diameters, a plurality of flanges of different configurations, and a disc, the method including selecting from the plurality of rims a rim of a desired diameter, selecting from the plurality of flanges a flange of an appropriate configuration so that when the flange is secured to the rim, the flange provides a mounting for the disc, and mounting the disc in the rim by attaching the disc to the flange.