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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Tetsu Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kikuya Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsu Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kikuya Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wheel for vehicle comprising: a rimhaving a drop portion; and a diskformed integrally from a plate material, the rim and the disk being welded together, wherein the disk has: a hub mounting portion; a plurality of spokesradially extending from the hub mounting portion toward an outer periphery of the disk; and a ring-shaped disk flangethat is connected to the spokes through a curved-surface connecting portion R that is formed by bending the spokes at an outer circumferential end thereof in a wheel axial direction, the disk flange extends in the wheel axial direction, and a decorative holeis defined by the adjacent spokes, the hub mounting portion, and the disk flange, and a part that faces a distal endof the spoke in a fitting area between an inner circumferential surface of the rim and an outer circumferential surface of the disk flange is welded.