Vehicle wheel
AssigneeCentral Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakanori Amano, Atsushi Yamazumi
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel includes a hub portion attached to a vehicle, a substantially cylindrical rim portion, and a plurality of spoke portions connected to the rim portion and the hub portion. The plurality of the spoke portions have a window portion that penetrates in a wheel axial direction. An inclined surface is provided on a wheel back side of each of the spoke portions such that the inclined surface inclines toward a wheel front side from a center in a wheel circumferential direction toward the window portion. The inclined surface is provided at a portion including one end portion or both end portions in the wheel circumferential direction.
Claims3
A vehicle wheel comprising:
- a hub portion configured to be attached to a vehicle;
- a rim portion that is substantially cylindrical;
- a plurality of spoke portions connected to the rim portion and the hub portion;
- a space between each of the spoke portions that are adjacent to each other, wherein the space penetrates the wheel in a wheel axial direction;
- and
- an inclined surface is on a wheel back side of each of the spoke portions on each half of the spoke portions in a wheel circumferential direction, wherein
- each inclined surface inclines toward a wheel front side from a center of the spoke portions in the wheel circumferential direction toward the space,
- each inclined surface extends to both outer limits of the spoke portions in the wheel circumferential direction,
- wherein all of the inclined surfaces are in a division on the wheel front side when the spoke portion is divided into two equal portions in the wheel axial direction, and
- the spoke portion includes a thick portion that is thick in the wheel axial direction and a thin portion that is thinner than the thick portion;
- and
- each inclined surface is in the thin portion, and a thickness of a portion of the thin portion including the inclined surface is constant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.