Two piece wheel
AssigneeVision Composite Products, LLC
InventorsAlan Dudley, John P. Mathew, Nick Hall
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Abstract
A two-piece wheel may have a first section and a second section. The wheel has areas of varying diameter across its width, and the first second and the second section are joined at the area of the wheel with the smallest diameter. The first section can be a spoke section with spokes extending from the central hub and the second section can be a barrel section.
Claims17
A two-piece molded wheel comprising a spoke section and a barrel section, wherein the spoke section and the barrel section have complementary mating surfaces joined at a drop center of the wheel, wherein a radial thickness of the mating surface of the barrel section is less than a radial thickness of a portion of the barrel section adjacent to the mating surface, wherein either the spoke section or the barrel section's mating surface comprises a plurality of spacers extending therefrom.
A two-piece wheel comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the wheel comprises areas of varying diameter and the first section and second section are joined at complementary mating surfaces of the first section and the second section, wherein a radial thickness of the mating surface of the first section is tapered towards a distal surface of a leading edge of the mating surface of the first section, and wherein a radial thickness of the mating surface of the second section is tapered towards a distal surface of a leading edge of the mating surface of the second section, wherein the radial thickness of the mating surface of the second section is less than a radial thickness of a portion of the second section adjacent to the mating surface, wherein the second section includes a lip in contact with the distal surface of the leading edge of the mating surface of the first section, and wherein the lip is positioned on an interior side of the mating surface of the second section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.