Wheel for a motor vehicle and method of making same
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJens Stach
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Abstract
A wheel for a motor vehicle has a rim spider provided with air openings and is connected with a rim well. The wheel comprises at least two shell parts which are constructed as a rim well and a rim spider and assembled and which each have an interior wall and an exterior wall. In the area of the air openings, these are connected with one another and each form hollow spokes between one another which, on respective end sides, lead into concentric annuli of the wheel.
Claims26
A wheel for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- first and second shell parts connected together to form a hub, a rim well, and a plurality of hollow spokes extending between said hub and said rim well, adjacent of said hollow spokes and said rim well defining respective air openings therebetween,
- said first shell part comprising axially outer wall portions of said hollow spokes,
- said second shell part comprising axially inner wall portions of said hollow spokes,
- said first shell part being connected with said second shell part at a first connection proximate said hub, at a second connection proximate said rim well, and at a third connection proximate said air openings,
- wherein said first connection is located at or adjacent an annular engagement between a radially outward-facing annular surface of one of said shell parts and a corresponding radially inward-facing annular surface of the other of said shell parts.
A wheel for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first one-piece shell part connected with a second one-piece shell part, said first and second shell parts forming a hub, a rim well, and a plurality of hollow spokes extending between said hub and said rim well, adjacent of said hollow spokes and said rim well defining respective air openings therebetween,
- said first shell part comprising axially outer wall portions of said hollow spokes,
- said second shell part comprising axially inner wall portions of said hollow spokes,
- said first shell part engaging said second shell part at a first location proximate said hub, at a second location proximate said rim well, and at a third location proximate said air openings,
- wherein said first location is an annular engagement between a radially outward-facing annular surface of one of said shell parts and a corresponding radially inward-facing annular surface of the other of said shell parts.
A wheel for a motor vehicle having a plurality of hollow spokes, comprising:
- a first one-piece shell part comprising an essentially cylindrical portion forming a rim well, and a plurality of axially inner hollow spoke wall portions extending generally radially inwardly from said rim well toward a hub coaxial with said cylindrical portion;
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- a second one-piece shell part comprising an annular flange defining an axially outer portion of said rim well, and a plurality of axially outer hollow spoke wall portions extending generally radially inwardly from said flange toward said hub, said axially outer hollow spoke wall portions abutting said axially inner hollow spoke wall portions to form hollow spokes, adjacent of said hollow spokes defining air openings therebetween,
- said first shell part being connected with said second shell part via an annular connection proximate said hub, said annular connection being at or adjacent an annular engagement between a radially outward-facing annular surface of one of said shell parts and a corresponding radially inward-facing annular surface of the other of said shell parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.