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US 5,632,529 AGranted
Plated vehicle wheel having non-plated tire bead seats
AssigneeHayes Wheels International, Inc.
InventorDaniel C. Wei
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Abstract
A plated vehicle wheel having non-plated tire bead seats and a process for forming same. The process includes masking a portion of the tire bead seats before plating the wheel. The process also includes forming the tire bead seats with an oversized diameter. Following plating, the tire bead seats are machined to a final diameter. The process can further include thermally depositing a layer of a ceramic material over a portion of the tire bead seat surface. The plating does not adhere to the ceramic material.
Claims6
A vehicle wheel comprising:
- an annular wheel rim defining a wheel rim surface, said wheel rim having annular outboard and inboard tire bead seats formed therein for supporting outboard and inboard tire walls, respectively;
- a generally circular wheel disc disposed across said wheel rim and defining a wheel disc surface;
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- a layer of metal plating formed on a portion of at least one of said wheel rim and disc surfaces, said portion excluding a portion of at least one of said tire bead seats.
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