Vehicle wheel
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStephan Dick, Mike Seidel, Veit Wuerfel
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel has a rim and spokes supporting the rim on a hub section. A clearance is formed between two mutually adjacent spokes and is covered by a flat covering element. In this case, the covering element, which is assigned to only one such clearance, is made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material and, on an exterior side of the wheel, is glued onto the spokes which, on their mutually facing edges, have a slight step toward the interior side of the wheel, as well as onto the hub section which, in the area of this clearance on its side facing the rim, also has such a slight step. Not all clearances between two mutually adjacent spokes of the vehicle wheel are covered in such a manner.
Claims5
A vehicle wheel, comprising:
- a hub section;
- a rim;
- a plurality of spokes supporting the rim on the hub section, clearances being provided between two mutually adjacent ones of the plurality of spokes;
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- at least one fiber-reinforced synthetic material covering element operatively configured to cover only a single clearance between two mutually adjacent spokes;
- wherein the two mutually adjacent spokes comprise a stepped section toward an interior side of the vehicle wheel, and the hub section comprises a stepped section on a side facing the rim in the area of the clearance;
- wherein the covering element is secured onto the stepped sections in order to cover the clearance;
- wherein at least one additional clearance between two other mutually adjacent spokes are not covered with a covering element;
- wherein the plurality of spokes are arranged such that a clearance extending over a large angular segment of the vehicle wheel alternates with a clearance extending over a smaller angular segment of the vehicle wheel;
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- wherein only said clearances extending over the larger angular segments are covered by respective covering elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.