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US 2018/0009258 A1Published application
Wheel and its reinforced member
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki Nishi, Yusuke Osawa
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Abstract
A rim section 18 is provided with e disk section 20 and is secured to a jig by patting the disk section 20 as the lower side. By allowing a groove section 40 l an engaging section) provided along a circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface 21 of the rim section 18 to engage with a bent end section 48 of a reinforced member 14 attached from the upper side of the jig, the reinforced member 14 can be easily positioned on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the rim section 18.
Claims8
A light alloy wheel for a vehicle, comprising:
- a rim having an inner peripheral surface, and an outer peripheral surface on which a tire is mounted;
- and
- a circular reinforced member composed of a reinforced fiber member and configured to be fitted and adhered to a part of the inner peripheral surface of the rim along a circumferential direction of the rim, wherein
- the rim has a position-determining section formed on the inner peripheral surface of the rim and configured, to determine a position of the reinforced member.
1 more element
The wheel according to claim. 6, wherein
- a thickness of a layer of the adhesive between the taper-shaped section of the hock shape and the inner peripheral surface of the rim is larger than a thickness of a layer of the adhesive between the torso section and the cutting surface section of the inner peripheral surface of the rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.