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AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsMarcin Szymon Sokolowski, Bartlomiej Kamil Zuk, Miroslaw Stanislaw Sosnowski, Aleksander Andrzej Blachut, Maciej Wojciech Krulak
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A heat shield assembly for a vehicle wheel, comprising a single tubular heat shield panel or a plurality of heat sectional panel sections arranged to be connected to one another to form a tubular heat shield panel, the panel have an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface, the outer diameter surface arranged to be positioned, in use, adjacent to and spaced apart from an inner diameter surface of a wheel, and wherein the panel or each panel section is provided with one or more ridges extending in the circumferential direction, and wherein one or more wires is provided in one or more of the ridges.
A heat shield assembly for a vehicle wheel, comprising a single tubular heat shield panel or a plurality of heat sectional panel sections arranged to be connected to one another to form a tubular heat shield panel, the panel have an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface, the outer diameter surface arranged to be positioned, in use, adjacent to and spaced apart from an inner diameter surface of a wheel, and wherein the panel or each panel section is provided with one or more ridges extending in the circumferential direction, and wherein one or more wires is provided in one or more of the ridges.
The wheel assembly of claim 7, wherein the heat shield assembly comprises a plurality of panels connected to form a tubular heat shield concentric with the wheel rim.
The wheel assembly of claim 7, wherein the wires are mounted to the heat shield on an inner diameter surface of the heat shield opposite on outer diameter surface of the heat shield, wherein the outer diameter surface of the heat shield is adjacent the inner diameter surface of the wheel rim.
The wheel assembly of claim 7, further comprising a wheel hub located concentric with a radially inward of the wheel rim and the heat shield, and a brake assembly mounted between the heat shield and the wheel hub. 7
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.