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US 11,718,125 B2Granted
Wheel of a vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMike Seidel
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Abstract
A wheel for a vehicle has a wheel rim, a hub portion, and at least one spoke which connects the hub portion to the wheel rim, and also at least one cover element which at least partially covers the spoke region. The cover element is designed to, in the installed position thereof, produce an imbalance-free state of the wheel.
Claims14
A wheel for a vehicle, comprising:
- a rim;
- a hub portion;
- at least three spokes which connect the hub portion to the rim in a spoke region;
- and
- at least one covering element which at least partially covers the spoke region, wherein
- the covering element is configured, in an installed position, to produce an unbalance-free state of the wheel, wherein
- a first spoke of the at least three spokes differs from the other spokes,
- the other spokes do not differ from one another, whereby the wheel in its entirety without the covering element is unbalanced, and
- the first spoke comprises a receiving device for receiving a mass body.
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A method for balancing a wheel comprising:
- a rim;
- a hub portion;
- at least one spoke which connects the hub portion to the rim in a spoke region;
- and
- at least one covering element which at least partially covers the spoke region,
- wherein
- the method for balancing comprises the acts of:
- providing the wheel which is designed with a natural unbalance;
- mounting a vehicle tire onto the wheel;
- introducing a mass body into a receiving device provided for the mass body on the wheel;
- balancing a standard unbalance of the wheel with the vehicle tire and the mass body;
- removing the mass body;
- and
- fitting the covering element onto a receiving device provided therefor on the wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.