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US 4,728,154 AGranted
Balance weight for vehicle wheel
AssigneeMotor Wheel Corporation
InventorsBrendan J. Boyle, James M. Kutt
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AssigneeMotor Wheel Corporation
InventorsBrendan J. Boyle, James M. Kutt
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A balance weight for balancing first and second sizes of automobile wheels of the type having a tire rim of a given size range and having a generally radially extending tire bead retaining flange portion terminating in a generally axially outwardly extending flange portion. The balance weight body has first and second faces shaped to fit against the outboard corner of the different size rim flange portions. A weight attachment clip is cast into the body and has oppositely disposed first and second legs protruding from the body faces. The first leg projecting defines a predetermined first clearance space between it and the first body face adapted to provide an attachment fit with the first size range tire rim. The second leg defines a second predetermined clearance space between it and the second body face selected for fitting said balance weight to the second size range wheel rim flange portions. The body has first and second recesses formed one in each of its first and second faces adapted to respectively receive therein the first and second clip legs in a deformed condition thereof when the same is unused for installation of said balance weight.
A balance weight for balancing first and second sizes of automobile wheels of the type having a tire rim of a given size range and having a generally radially extending tire bead retaining flange portion terminating in a generally axially outwardly extending flange portion, said balance weight comprising a body of heavy metallic material having first and second faces one of which is shaped to fit against the outboard corner of said rim flange portions, and a weight attachment clip cast into said body and having oppositely disposed first and second legs protruding from said first and second body faces, said first leg projecting from said first body face to define a predetermined first clearance space between said first leg and said first body face adapted to provide an attachment fit with said first size range tire rim, said second leg projecting from said second body face to define a second predetermined clearance space between said second leg and said second body face, said second clearance space being selected for fitting said balance weight to said second size range wheel rim flange portions.
A balance weight for balancing automobile wheels of the type having a tire rim with a generally radially extending tire bead retaining flange terminating in a generally axially outwardly extending flange, said balance weight comprising a body of heavy metallic material shaped to fit against the outboard corner of said radial and axial wheel flanges, and a weight attachment clip cast into said body and having oppositely disposed first and second legs protruding diagonally oppositely respectively from opposite first and second faces of said body, said first leg projecting from said first face of said body a shorter distance than said second leg from said second body face to respectively define first and second predetermined clearance spaces between said legs and the associated juxtaposed face of said body, the first clearance space being smaller than the second clarance space, said first and second clearance spaced being respectively selected for fitting said balance weight to two different stock thicknesses of said wheel rim flanges.
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