Vehicle wheel with rim offset from axis of rotation
AssigneeReynolds Wheels S.p.A.
InventorValter Baldi
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AssigneeReynolds Wheels S.p.A.
InventorValter Baldi
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The semifinished casting for an alloy road wheel undergoes three successive machining operations in which material is removed by stages to produce an inner circumferential seating, destined ultimately to accommodate one bead of a tire, a center hole coaxial both with the inner seating and with the axis of rotation of the wheel, also a set of fixing holes of which the axes describe a circle centered on the axis of rotation, and finally, an outer circumferential seating destined to accommodate the remaining bead of the tire, which is offset from the axis of rotation in such a way as to achieve a non-uniform distribution of mass, limited to the part of wheel affording the outer circumferential seating, that varies progressively with the change in angular position around the axis of rotation between a maximum and a minimum value.
A cast wheel for motor vehicles comprising a rim, having an external surface of revolution and an internal surface of revolution, of which the external surface of revolution has an axially outer circumferential seating and an axially inner circumferential seating to accommodate the beads of a pneumatic tire;
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