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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Yuji Kihara, Chigasaki, JP;
Yoshinobu Sakashita, Yokohama, JP;
Kei Takagi, Toyokawa, JP;
Yuta Isomura, Ayase, JP;
Yuji Kihara, Chigasaki, JP;
Yoshinobu Sakashita, Yokohama, JP;
Kei Takagi, Toyokawa, JP;
Yuta Isomura, Ayase, JP;
Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle wheel having a rim and a disk. A disk flange of the disk may have a non-contact portion non-contacting a radially inner surface of the rim, at a radially outer extension of a width center line of a spoke. As a result, the rigidity of a portion of the disk in the circumferential direction of the wheel where the spoke is provided may be decreased compared with a wheel (conventional) where such non-contact portion is not provided. A difference in rigidity of the disk in the circumferential direction of the wheel between a portion where the vent window is provided and a portion where the spoke is provided may be smaller than that in the case of the conventional wheel, whereby a durability of the wheel and a run-out accuracy of the wheel may be improved.