Wheel component and method for producing a wheel component
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Markus Franzen, Pascal Rebmann
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Markus Franzen, Pascal Rebmann
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This disclosure relates to a wheel component (1, 20) for a wheel of a vehicle, having a hub (2), which can be connected in a rotationally secure manner to a hub flange of the vehicle and which at least partially comprises a metal material, a rim (4, 21) for receiving a tire of the wheel, and spokes (7) which connect the hub (2) to the rim (4, 21). The wheel component includes at least one spoke (7) including a spoke portion (8, 24), which comprises an injection-molded thermoplastic material, and further including a spoke reinforcement element (9, 25) at least partially embedded into the spoke portion. The spoke reinforcement element at least partially comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic material.
A wheel component, comprising:
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