Wheel weight with unitary body and clip
AssigneePerfect Equipment Inc., A Delaware Corporation
InventorCordell Wayne Burnett
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Abstract
A wheel-balancing weight mounts to a wheel with a flange. The weight is formed as a unitary member having a unitary body and clip such that the clip as formed is attached to and emerges from the body as formed. The body provides a predetermined mass to the weight and the clip securely grasps the flange of the wheel to secure the weight thereto. The weight is formed by forming a slug to include a formed body portion corresponding to the body and a formed clip portion corresponding to the clip, and bending over at least a portion of the formed clip portion of the slug to form the clip.
Claims14
A method of forming a wheel-balancing weight for mounting to a wheel with a flange, the weight being formed as a unitary member having a unitary body and clip such that the clip as formed is attached to and emerges from the body as formed, the body for providing a predetermined mass to the weight and the clip for securely grasping the flange of the wheel to secure the weight thereto, the method comprising:
- forming a slug to include a formed body portion corresponding to the body and a formed clip portion corresponding to the clip;
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- bending over at least a portion of the formed clip portion of the slug to form the clip.
A method of forming a wheel-balancing weight for mounting to a wheel with a flange, the weight being formed as a unitary member having a unitary body and clip such that the clip as formed is attached to and emerges from the body as formed, the body for providing a predetermined mass to the weight and the clip for securely grasping the flange of the wheel to secure the weight thereto, the method comprising:
- forming a slug to include a formed body portion corresponding to the body and a formed clip portion corresponding to the clip;
- defining opposing formed lateral wings in the formed clip portion and removing the formed lateral wings to leave a reduced formed clip portion;
- bending over the reduced formed clip portion of the slug to form the clip;
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- bending the formed body portion into an arcuate form at about where the lateral formed wings were removed such that the arcuate form of the formed and bent body portion matches an arcuate form of the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.