Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Balancing device
Patent
1994-12-28
1997-07-15
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Balancing device
301 641, B60B 306
Patent
active
056476426
ABSTRACT:
An automotive wheel having an outboard face presenting an asymmetric appearance and having a permanently fixed counterbalance weight near the outer periphery of the wheel to balance the wheel. The wheel disk has an asymmetric design which tends to statically and dynamically unbalance the wheel. A relatively light counterbalance weight is permanently fixed to the wheel during manufacture of the wheel. This counterbalance weight statically and dynamically balances the overall wheel.
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Hayes Wheels International, Inc.
Mitchell David M.
Yun Jonathan J.
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