Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Wheel making
Patent
1998-11-10
2000-06-13
Echols, P. W.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Wheel making
29894322, 301 631, 301 641, B21K 128
Patent
active
060733470
ABSTRACT:
A full faced vehicle wheel manufactured by stamping a steel disc, embossing a plurality of vent holes in the disc and rolling a partial steel rim. The partial steel rim has an outer beadseat with an outer edge, the outer beadseat at its inner surface rolled at a predetermined angle and to a predetermined inner diameter at its edge. The full faced disc has an outer flange with an inner surface smoothly flowing into a radius which smoothly flows into a circumferential beadseat area extending inwardly at a corresponding matching angle to the aforesaid predetermined angle. The vent holes are embossed to extend the beadseat area inwardly at the same matching angle at the outer periphery of the vent holes, to form inwardly extending, intermittent supporting and guiding areas only at the vent holes. The outer surface edge of each intermittent area has an outer diameter slightly less than the aforesaid predetermined inner diameter of the rim edge. The rim is assembled onto the disc by guiding the inner surface of the rim outer beadseat over the intermittent areas and then over the beadseat area of the disc up to the radius. A weld is applied. The radius centers and provides a 360.degree. fit up of rim and disc.
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Cvijanovic Ratko
Siedelmann Daryl
Accuride Corporation
Echols P. W.
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