Full face vehicle wheel for use in a high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly
AssigneeHayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
InventorsThomas E. Heck, William J. Fysh, Gary Arnold
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AssigneeHayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
InventorsThomas E. Heck, William J. Fysh, Gary Arnold
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A high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly includes a pair of full face wheels (20, 20) each defining an axis and including a wheel rim and a full face wheel disc. The rim includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a generally axially extending well, and an outboard tire bead seat surface. The disc (42) includes a centrally located wheel mounting flange and an outer annular portion which defines an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange of the vehicle wheel and is located wholly outside a plane defined by the inboard tire bead seat retaining flange. The inboard tire bead seat (38) is provided with a radially in-turned flange having a generally radially inwardly sloping surface, a generally radially extending surface, and an axially extending surface. When the in-turned flange of the rim is positioned against an adjacent inner surface of the disc, a recess is formed between the inwardly sloping surface of the in-turned flange and the inner surface of disc, and a welding area is formed between the axially extending surface of the in-turned flange and the inner surface of disc. The recess (58) defines a groove for receiving a first weld (60), and the welding area defines an area for receiving a second weld (62). The welds cooperate to join the rim (30) and disc together and produce the full face vehicle wheel.
A high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly comprising:
A full face vehicle wheel for use in a high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly having a pair of the full face vehicle wheels, the full face vehicle wheel comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.