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US 12,179,512 B2Granted
Wheel, wheel series, and method of manufacturing wheel series
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsKoji Kuwahara, Norikazu Matsumura
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel includes a wheel substrate made of metal and a colored coating layer located on a surface of the wheel substrate. An outer side surface of the wheel includes a first region, a second region, and a groove located between the first and second regions. The colored coating layer covering the wheel substrate is located over the groove. A color of the surface of the wheel substrate is visible at least in the first or second region.
Claims15
A vehicle wheel comprising:
- a wheel substrate made of metal;
- and
- a colored coating layer located on a surface of the wheel substrate, wherein
- an outer side surface of the wheel includes a first region, a second region, and a groove located between the first and second regions,
- the colored coating layer covering the wheel substrate is located over the groove, and
- a color of the surface of the wheel substrate is visible at least in the first or second region.
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A vehicle wheel series comprising:
- a first wheel including a first wheel substrate and a first colored coating layer located on a surface of the first wheel substrate;
- and
- a second wheel including a second wheel substrate and a second colored coating layer located on a surface of the second wheel substrate, the second wheel having the same shape and size as the first wheel, wherein
- an outer side surface of the first wheel and an outer side surface of the second wheel each include a predetermined region, the respective predetermined regions of the outer side surfaces of the first and second wheels being identical to each other,
- a color of the surface of the first wheel substrate is visible in the predetermined region of the first wheel, and
- the second wheel substrate is covered by the second colored coating layer over the predetermined region of the second wheel.
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A method of manufacturing a vehicle wheel series, comprising:
- preparing wheel intermediate products, each wheel intermediate product including a wheel substrate and a colored coating layer located on a surface of the wheel substrate;
- producing a first wheel by removing a part of the colored coating layer from an outer side surface of a first wheel intermediate product of the wheel intermediate products and uncovering a part of the wheel substrate of the first wheel intermediate product;
- and
- producing a second wheel by removing a part of the colored coating layer from an outer side surface of a second wheel intermediate product of the wheel intermediate products and uncovering a part of the wheel substrate of the second wheel intermediate product such that an area covered by the colored coating layer in the second wheel is different from an area covered by the colored coating layer in the first wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.