Wheel for a vehicle
AssigneeMubea Carbo Tech GmbH
InventorChristoph Renner
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Abstract
A wheel includes a rim that is at least partially made from a fiber reinforced plastic. The rim has an inner side extending to the hub region of the wheel and an outer side extending centrifugally away from the hub region of the wheel whereby the outer side includes a well which is interconnected with an outer shoulder by a transition area. A wheel center is interconnected with the inner side of the rim by at least one fastener wherein the at least one fastener penetrates the rim via at least one opening that extends from the inner side of the rim to the outer side of the rim. An annular cover is arranged at the outer side of the rim in a circumferential direction around the wheel and thereby covers the at least one fastener and/or the at least one opening.
Claims15
A wheel (1) comprising:
- a. a rim (100)
- i. at least partially made from a fiber reinforced plastic;
- ii. the rim (100) having an inner side (110) facing a hub region (2) of the wheel (1);
- and
- iii. an outer side (130) facing radially away from the hub region (2) of the wheel (1) whereby
- 1. the outer side (130) comprises a well (133) which is interconnected with
- 2. an outer shoulder (132) through a
- 3. transition area (134);
- and
- b. a wheel center (200) interconnected with the inner side (110) of the rim (100) with at least one fastener (300);
- i. the at least one fastener (300) penetrating the rim (100) through at least one opening (101) that extends from the inner side (110) of the rim (100) to the outer side (130) of the rim (110);
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- c. an annular cover (400) arranged at the outer side (130) of the rim (100) in a circumferential direction around the wheel and thereby covering the at least one fastener (300) and/or the at least one opening (101), wherein the cover (400) comprises at least one recess cavity (425) to receive at least part of the fastener (300).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.