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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Yasunori Yoshimura, Wako, JP;
Eiji Suzuki, Wako, JP;
Yoshihiro Ichimura, Wako, JP;
Yoichiro Inaba, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Yamaguchi, Higashikamo-gun, JP;
Yasunori Yoshimura, Wako, JP;
Eiji Suzuki, Wako, JP;
Yoshihiro Ichimura, Wako, JP;
Yoichiro Inaba, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Yamaguchi, Higashikamo-gun, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A wheel balance weight includes a weight and an installation member. The weight is composed of at least one member selected from the group consisting of zinc and a zinc-based alloy, is formed as a substantially strip shape having a substantially uniform thickness, and has opposite surfaces and at least a groove. The groove is formed in at least one of the opposite surfaces of the weight, and crosses in the width-wise direction of the weight. The installation member is adapted for installing the weight to a rim in a wheel. Since the weight is composed of zinc or a zinc-based alloy, environments are inhibited from being polluted when the wheel balance weight is abolished. Moreover, it is possible to manufacture the wheel balance weight at reduced costs and install it to wheels with ease.