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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Akio Handa, Saitama, JP;
Hideo Yanai, Saitama, JP;
Bunzo Seki, Saitama, JP;
Atsuko Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A large-diameter part, the diameter of which is larger than the diameter in the center, is provided at the edges of a rim via parts having a difference in a level. Curled parts are provided on both edges of the rim by curling the large-diameter part. Each end face of the curled parts is touched to the parts having a difference in a level. The rigidity of the side of the edge of the rim can be enhanced by providing the parts having a difference in a level to the rim. As a result, the rigidity of the whole wheel can be enhanced and in addition, as a disc and the rim are not required to be thickened, the weight of the wheel can be prevented from being increased.