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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Jean Prévost, Notre-Dame-de-l'{circumflex over (l)}le-Perrot, CA;
Didier-bernard Séguin, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, CA;
Martin Lussier, Léry, CA;
Jean Prévost, Notre-Dame-de-l'{circumflex over (l)}le-Perrot, CA;
Didier-Bernard Séguin, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, CA;
Martin Lussier, Léry, CA;
Plombco Inc., Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, CA;
Abstract
A plastic wheel-balancing weight adapted to be removably secured to a wheel to correct an unbalanced wheel to prevent undesired vibrations when the wheel is rotating, the plastic wheel-balancing weight comprising a wheel-securing clip sized and designed to be resiliently secured to a wheel, and a steel weight assembled to the wheel-securing clip and at least partially covered with plastic, at least a portion of the plastic being shaped by the wheel-securing clip. An overmolded wheel-balancing weight comprising a wheel-securing clip adapted to be secured to a wheel, a weight assembled to the wheel-securing clip and overmolding material adapted to at least partially cover the weight to protect the weight, wherein at least a portion of the wheel-securing clip is an overmolding material boundary. A method of manufacturing same and a mold thereof is also provided.