Wheel balancing device made of zinc or zinc alloy, set of such devices, wheel equipped with same and method for making same
AssigneeFonderie De Gentilly
InventorsGilles Le Moal, Alain Coulaud
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Abstract
The invention concerns a wheel balancing device (10) comprising a balancing weight (12) and a clip (11) adapted to be fixed to said wheel, said balancing mass being made of a zinc alloy and being together with the clip, coated with an anticorrosion protective layer (13). The balancing weight is preferably overmoulded on the clip. The coating is preferably obtained by dipping and curing.
Claims19
Wheel balancing device (10) comprising a balancing weight (12) and a clip (11) adapted to be fixed to said wheel, said balancing weight being made of a zinc alloy and being, together with the clip, coated with an anti-corrosion protective layer (13).
Method of fabricating a wheel balancing device comprising the following steps:
- making a clip,
- molding a zinc alloy balancing weight over this clip,
- dipping this clip conjointly with the balancing weight in a bath containing a polymerizable resin charged with zinc,
- curing the resin coating the combination of the clip and the balancing weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.