US 12,397,581 B2Granted

Wheel hub and associated motor vehicle

AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsPatrick Königstein, Tobias Lörcher, Andreas Higle

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Abstract

A wheel hub for receiving a vehicle wheel, the wheel hub having a central region with a central opening. In order to achieve a reduction of the forces acting on wheel screws, it is provided that (i) the wheel hub includes at least four screw-in openings for screwing in a respective wheel screw; (ii) the wheel hub includes a number of stiffening ribs corresponding to the number of screw-in openings, which ribs extend obliquely or radially outward; (iii) in each case, two circumferentially adjacent stiffening ribs are connected to one another by a linearly extending connecting web, wherein the connecting web between the stiffening ribs has no connection to the central region; and (iv) a screw-in opening is arranged in each connecting web.

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Dependent claims

A wheel hub for receiving a vehicle wheel, said wheel hub comprising:

a wheel hub body,
a central region formed in the body with a central opening,
either at least four threaded bolts on the body for screwing on a respective wheel nut or at least four screw-in openings disposed on the body for receiving a respective wheel screw,
a number of stiffening ribs corresponding to the number of threaded bolts or screw-in openings, which stiffening ribs extend obliquely or radially outward on the body from the central region,
wherein two circumferentially adjacent stiffening ribs of said number of stiffening ribs are connected to one another by a linearly extending connecting web, wherein the connecting web between the stiffening ribs has no connection to the central region,
wherein, either one of the threaded bolts or one of the screw-in openings is arranged in the connecting web.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.