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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2009
Fabricated bead seat attached vehicle wheel, wheel disc for such wheel and method for producing same
Thomas E. Heck, Monroe, MI (US);
Alan Coleman, Southgate, MI (US);
Thomas E. Heck, Monroe, MI (US);
Alan Coleman, Southgate, MI (US);
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Abstract
A fabricated bead seat attached vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim and wheel disc joined together. The wheel rim includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inner tire bead seat, a well, an outer tire bead seat, and an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange. The wheel defines a wheel axis and includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion which defines a wheel disc outer flange The wheel disc outer annular flange is segmented around a circumference thereof and includes at least a first plurality of segments and a second plurality of segments. The first plurality of segments extending a first axial distance relative to an adjacent outer surface of the wheel disc and the second plurality of segments extending a second axial distance relative to the adjacent outer surface of the wheel disc which is less than the first axial distance.