# US 11,440,345 B2 · Vehicle wheel

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- Number: US 11,440,345 B2
- Document ID: US11440345B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/445,864
- Filed: 2019-06-19
- Published: 2019-12-26
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-22
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ryoji Inaba; Kenichi Nagatomi; Toshimitsu Maki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440345B2

## CPC

- B60B 21/026: {the shape of rim well}
- B60B 21/12: Appurtenances, e.g. lining bands
- B60C 19/002: {Noise damping elements provided in the tyre structure or attached thereto, e.g. in the tyre interior}
- G10K 11/172: using resonance effects
- B60B 2900/133: Noise
- B60B: VEHICLE WHEELS (making wheels or wheel parts by rolling B21H1/00, by forging, hammering or pressing B21K1/28); CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- G10K: SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A vehicle wheel includes a pair of vertical walls that extend vertically up from an outer circumferential surface of a well portion and extend in a wheel circumferential direction and a Helmholtz resonator that is disposed between the pair of vertical walls and bonded to side surfaces of the pair of vertical walls with an adhesive, in which the Helmholtz resonator is not bonded to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle wheel comprising:
a pair of vertical walls extending vertically up from an outer circumferential surface of a well portion and extending in a wheel circumferential direction; and
a Helmholtz resonator disposed between the pair of vertical walls and bonded to side surfaces of the pair of vertical walls with an adhesive;
wherein the Helmholtz resonator is not bonded to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle wheel of claim 1 comprising:
thread portions formed at side surfaces of the pair of vertical walls.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle wheel of claim 1, wherein:
the Helmholtz resonator bonded between the pair of vertical walls has such a shape as to have the Helmholtz resonator deformed to be enlarged in a direction in which the pair of vertical walls are disposed when centrifugal force caused by rotation of the vehicle wheel is applied to the Helmholtz resonator.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle wheel of claim 1 comprising:
fixing reinforcement portions that secure a pair of end portions of the Helmholtz resonator in the wheel circumferential direction to at least one of the well portion and the pair of vertical walls.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The vehicle wheel of claim 2, wherein:
the Helmholtz resonator bonded between the pair of vertical walls has such a shape as to have the Helmholtz resonator deformed to be enlarged in a direction in which the pair of vertical walls are disposed when centrifugal force caused by rotation of the vehicle wheel is applied to the Helmholtz resonator.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The vehicle wheel of claim 2 comprising:
fixing reinforcement portions that secure a pair of end portions of the Helmholtz resonator in the wheel circumferential direction to at least one of the well portion and the pair of vertical walls.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The vehicle wheel of claim 3 comprising:
fixing reinforcement portions that secure a pair of end portions of the Helmholtz resonator in the wheel circumferential direction to at least one of the well portion and the pair of vertical walls.