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US 5,997,102 AGranted
Pinned two piece vehicle wheel
AssigneeHayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
InventorJohn R. Stanavich
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Abstract
A two piece wheel having a partial wheel rim mechanically attached to a full face wheel disc by at least one locking pin. The locking pin extends through an aperture formed in a collar extending from an inboard surface of the wheel disc and a corresponding aperture formed through the wheel rim end and is secured by a weld. A resilient material is disposed between the wheel disc and rim end to form an air-tight seal therebetween.
Claims21
A two piece vehicle wheel comprising:
- a partial wheel rim having an outboard cylindrical end, said end having at least one radially extending aperture formed therethrough;
- a full face wheel disc having an annular collar extending axially from an inboard surface thereof, said collar having an inboard surface, said collar having a circumferential channel formed in said inboard collar surface, said channel extending in an axial direction toward the outboard end of said wheel disc, said collar having at least one radially extending aperture formed therethrough, said channel receiving said cylindrical wheel rim end with said collar aperture aligned with said wheel rim aperture;
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- a pin extending through said collar arpeture and into said wheel rim arpeture to mechanically secure said wheel rim end in said wheel disc collar channel.
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A two piece vehicle wheel comprising:
- a partial wheel rim having an outboard cylindrical end, said end having at least one radially extending aperture formed therethrough;
- a full face wheel disc having an annular stepped collar extending axially from an inboard surface thereof, said collar including a reduced diameter end portion and at least one radially extending aperture formed through said reduced diameter end portion, said cylindrical wheel rim end extending over said reduced diameter collar end portion with said collar aperture aligned with said wheel rim aperture;
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- a pin extending through said collar arpeture and into said wheel rim arpeture to secure said wheel rim end in said wheel disc collar groove.
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A process for fabricating a two piece wheel comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a full face wheel disc having an annular collar extending axially from an inboard surface thereof, the collar including an inner and outer annular wall, the annular walls cooperating with one another to define a cylindrical channel, the collar further having at least one radially directed aperture formed through at least one of the inner and outer walls;
- (b) applying a resilient sealing material to the channel;
- (c) forming a partial wheel rim having a cylindrical outboard end, the outboard rim end having at least one radially directed aperture formed therethrough, the aperture corresponding to the aperture formed through the wheel disc collar;
- (d) inserting the outboard end of the wheel rim into the wheel disc channel with the wheel rim aperture aligned with the wheel rim aperture to form a wheel assembly;
- (e) inserting a locking pin through the wheel rim aperture and the wheel disc aperture;
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- (f) securing the locking pin to the wheel assembly.
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A process for fabricating a two piece wheel comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a full face wheel disc having an annular collar extending axially from an inboard surface thereof, the collar having a reduced diameter circumferential groove formed in the inboard end thereof, the collar further having at least one radially directed aperture formed through the base of the groove;
- (b) applying a resilient sealing material to the groove;
- (c) forming a partial wheel rim having a cylindrical outboard end, the outboard end having at least one radially directed aperture formed therethrough, the aperture corresponding to the aperture formed through the wheel disc collar;
- (d) inserting the outboard end of the wheel rim into the wheel disc groove with the wheel rim aperture aligned with the wheel rim aperture to form a wheel assembly;
- (e) inserting a locking pin through the wheel rim aperture and the wheel disc aperture;
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- (f) securing the locking pin to the wheel assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.