Fabricated vehicle wheel with wheel disc having lightener pockets
AssigneeMaxion Wheels Holding GmbH
InventorsJoseph W. Wolf, Fernando T. Mitsuyassu
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Abstract
A fabricated vehicle wheel comprises a wheel disc and a wheel rim. The wheel disc has an annular hub portion, a center hub hole in the hub portion, opposite inboard and outboard faces of the hub portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced lug bolt holes in the hub portion, a plurality of lightener pockets in the hub portion, and an extension portion. The lug bolt holes and the lightener pockets alternate around a circumference of the hub portion. An axis extends through the hub hole. The inboard face is planar and configured to mount to a vehicle. The inboard face is perpendicular to the axis and the extension portion extends from the hub portion along the axis. The wheel rim is secured to the extension portion.
Claims11
A fabricated wheel disc for a vehicle wheel, the fabricated wheel disc comprising:
- an annular hub portion having an outboard face and an inboard face;
- an extension portion extending from the hub portion;
- a plurality of lug bolt holes in the hub portion;
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- a center hub hole in the hub portion;
- wherein at least one lightener pocket is provided in the hub portion, wherein the at least one lightener pocket extends through the hub portion by having separate openings in each of the outboard face and the inboard face of the hub portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.