Wheel for motor vehicle
AssigneeBBS Japan Co., Ltd.
InventorsRoman Mueller, Thorsten Welte
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Abstract
The invention relates to a wheel (1), particularly a partially light-metal wheel and/or a light-metal wheel for motor vehicles, essentially comprising a rim (2) and a wheel spider (3), wherein the wheel spider (3) is made of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. According to the invention, the wheel (1) has a clamping ring (4). The wheel spider (3) can be fastened to the rim (2) by means of the clamping ring (4).
Claims9
A wheel at least partially made of a light metal for motor vehicles, comprising a rim and a wheel spider, wherein the wheel spider comprises a metal or a metal alloy and the rim comprises a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, the wheel has a clamping ring and the wheel spider can be fastened to the rim by means of the clamping ring, wherein the clamping ring has axially inward a collar that is formed radially outward and supported axially outward by a second circumferential contour of the rim.
A wheel at least partially made of a light metal for motor vehicles, comprising a rim and a wheel spider, wherein the wheel spider comprises a metal or a metal alloy and the rim comprises a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, the wheel has a clamping ring and the wheel spider can be fastened to the rim by means of the clamping ring, wherein the clamping ring can be connected with the rim and/or the wheel spider by way of screws, and can be screwed into the wheel spider, wherein in an untensioned state of the clamping ring, when the clamping ring is in contact with the rim, within a ring area in which the screws are arranged, a first gap is formed between the clamping ring and the rim or the wheel spider, which is closed in a tensioned state of the clamping ring, or after a tightening of the screws.
A wheel at least partially made of a light metal for motor vehicles, comprising a rim and a wheel spider, wherein the wheel spider comprises a metal or a metal alloy and the rim comprises a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, the wheel has a clamping ring and the wheel spider can be fastened to the rim by means of the clamping ring, wherein the clamping ring is formed bulging radially inward, and the clamping ring contacts the rim only axially inward with a collar, wherein the clamping ring circumferentially contacts the rim axially outward with a sealing ring.
A wheel at least partially made of a light metal for motor vehicles, comprising a rim and a wheel spider, wherein the wheel spider comprises a metal or a metal alloy and the rim comprises a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, the wheel has a clamping ring and the wheel spider can be fastened to the rim by means of the clamping ring,
- wherein the clamping ring, outside of a side wall of a connection area and/or outside of a second circumferential contour, in a radial direction (r), is spaced apart from the rim by a second gap in an axially outward area, and/or the wheel spider, outside of the side wall of the connection area, and/or outside of a first circumferential contour, in the radial direction (r), is spaced apart from the rim by a third gap, in an axial inner area.
A wheel at least partially made of a light metal for motor vehicles, comprising a rim and a wheel spider, wherein the wheel spider comprises a metal or a metal alloy and the rim comprises a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, the wheel has a clamping ring and the wheel spider can be fastened to the rim by means of the clamping ring, wherein the rim has a circumferential well that bulges radially inward and wherein contours, a first circumferential contour and a second circumferential contour, are formed in the rim by a side walls of the well,
- wherein the side walls enclose an angle of connection (δ) relative to a vertical line within a connection area when the wheel is in a vertical orientation, and
- wherein the angle of connection (δ) is selected such that in the event of a thermal compression of the clamping ring and/or of the wheel spider in a radial direction (r) and/or an axial direction due to a thermal compression at a prespecified second temperature, the clamping ring and/or the wheel spider is subject to a pretension, wherein the pretension is preferably below a prespecified maximum tension and/or above a prespecified minimum tension, throughout an entire temperature range between the second temperature and a first temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.