Wheel for a motor vehicle
AssigneeBBS Motorsport GmbH
InventorsRoman Müller, Thorsten Welte
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Abstract
A wheel for a motor vehicle comprises a rim having an outer radius and a wheel spider including a radially inner hub and a plurality of spokes extending from said hub towards said rim. At least one through-hole extends, with respect to the wheel axis, in a circumferential direction through at least one of said spokes. A radially outer edge of said through-hole or of an outermost of said through-holes is located at maximum at 75%, preferably at maximum at ⅔, of said outer radius of the rim measured at a wheel spider side of the rim.
Claims14
A wheel for a motor vehicle, said wheel having a wheel axis and comprising:
- a rim having an outer radius,
- a wheel spider including a radially inner hub and a plurality of spokes extending from said hub towards said rim, and
- at least one through-hole extending, with respect to the wheel axis, in a circumferential direction through at least one of said spokes,
- wherein a radially outermost edge of said at least one through-hole is located at a distance from the wheel axis at maximum of 75% of said outer radius of the rim measured at a wheel spider side of the rim,
- wherein at least one of said plurality of spokes has a branched shape, said branched shape having a knot point and a plurality of webs, at least two webs of the plurality of webs extending from said knot point towards said rim, at least one web of the plurality of webs extending from said knot point towards said hub,
- wherein the at least one through-hole is formed in at least one inner web of the plurality of webs, the at least one inner web extending from said knot point towards said hub, and further including a separate at least one second through-hole formed in at least one outer web of the plurality of webs, the at least one outer web extending from said knot point towards said rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.