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US 6,547,341 B1Granted
Full face wheel with chemical bond between disc and rim
AssigneeHayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
InventorPatrick M. Griffin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a full face wheel comprising a full face wheel disc and a partial wheel rim. The wheel disc has an annular inboard portion. The wheel rim has an annular outboard end. A chemical bond is formed between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to secure the wheel rim to the wheel disc.
Claims19
A full face wheel comprising:
- a full face wheel disc having an annular inboard portion;
- a partial wheel rim having an annular outboard end;
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- a chemical bond only between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to secure the wheel rim to the wheel disc.
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A full face wheel comprising:
- a full face wheel disc having an annular inboard portion, the inboard portion having a groove formed therein;
- a partial wheel rim having an annular outboard end that is received in the wheel disc groove, the wheel disc groove and the outboard end of the wheel rim having respective mating surfaces;
- a gap provided between the mating surfaces of the wheel disc groove and the outboard end of the wheel rim;
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- a chemical bond between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to secure the wheel rim to the wheel disc, at least a portion of the chemical being disposed within the wheel disc groove and inside the gap.
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A full face wheel comprising:
- a full face wheel disc having an annular inboard portion, the inboard portion having a groove formed therein;
- a partial wheel rim having an annular outboard end that is received in the wheel disc groove;
- a chemical bond between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to secure the wheel rim to the wheel disc, at least a portion of the chemical bond being disposed within the wheel disc groove;
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- an intermittent weld between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to assist in securing the wheel rim to the wheel disc.
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A process for fabricating a full face wheel comprising the following steps:
- (a) forming a full face wheel disc having an annular inboard portion;
- (b) forming a partial wheel rim having an annular outboard end;
- (c) applying a chemical to a portion of one of the wheel disc and the wheel rim;
- (d) assembling the wheel rim onto the wheel disc;
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- (e) forming a chemical bond only between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to secure the wheel rim to the wheel disc.
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A process for fabricating a full face wheel comprising the following steps:
- (a) forming a full face wheel disc having an annular inboard portion, the inboard portion having a groove formed therein;
- (b) forming a partial wheel rim having an annular outboard end;
- (c) assembling the wheel rim onto the wheel disc with the outboard end of the wheel rim being received within the groove in the inboard portion of the wheel disc, the groove and the outboard end of the wheel rim having respective mating surfaces, a gap being provided between the mating surfaces;
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- (d) forming a chemical bond between the outboard end of the wheel rim and the inboard portion of the wheel disc to secure the wheel rim to the wheel disc, with at least a portion of the chemical bond being disposed in the gap between the mating surfaces of the wheel rim and the wheel disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.