Fabricated Vehicle Wheel and Method for Producing Same

A method for producing a full face fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a full face wheel disc defining an axis and formed from a suitable material, the wheel disc having an outer end and having an outer end;
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• (b) providing a wheel rim formed from a suitable material and having an outer end;
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• (c) positioning the outer ends of the wheel disc and wheel rim in a predetermined position relative to each other;
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• (d) joining the wheel disc and the wheel rim together by at least one weld to produce the fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel, wherein the fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel includes only a generally radially outwardly extending outer end formed by a combination of at least a portion of two of the outer end of the wheel disc, the outer end of the wheel rim and the at least one weld.

A full face fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel comprising:

• a full face wheel disc defining an axis and formed from a suitable material, said wheel disc having an outer end defining a first thickness;
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• a wheel rim formed from a suitable material and having an outer end joined to said outer end of said wheel disc by at least one weld to produce the fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel, said outer end of said wheel rim defining a second thickness;
• wherein the fabricated euroflange vehicle wheel includes only a generally radially outwardly extending outer end having a predetermined thickness defined by a combination of said first thickness of said outer end of said wheel disc and said second thickness of said outer end of said wheel rim.