Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Part of wheel body under tension – part under compression
Patent
1978-08-28
1979-12-25
Skaggs, H. Grant
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Part of wheel body under tension, part under compression
301104, B60B 100
Patent
active
041802934
ABSTRACT:
A two-piece automobile wheel including an annular outer rim with front and rear ends, a cast metal center with an annular radially outwardly opening outer channel portion engaged within and closed by the rim, an intermediate portion extending radially inwardly and axially rearwardly from the outer portion and a central disc-portion; said disc portion has an annular series of circumferentially spaced stud openings and an elongate forwardly projecting tubular cone radially inward of the openings; an annular channel ring is fixed to the disc portion radially outward of the openings; the forward end of the cone has an annular series of apertures accommodating the inner end portions of an annular series of radially outwardly, axially rearwardly and circumferentially inclined front spokes; the ring has an annular series of apertures accommodating the inner end portions of an annular series of radially outwardly, axially forwardly and circumferentially inclined rear spokes; said channel portion has an annular series of apertures accommodating spoke nuts engaged with the outer end portions of the front and rear spokes; series of front spokes are divided into a number of groups of spokes equal to the number of openings and the groups are spaced circumferentially with the inner end portions of the spokes nearest the axis of said openings spaced circumferentially from said openings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2069952 (1937-02-01), Hoffman
patent: 4019782 (1977-04-01), Reppert
Norris Curtis
Scott Delmer D.
Maxwell Georges A.
Norris Curtis
Skaggs H. Grant
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