Granted Patent B2

US 12,275,274 · App. 17/603,117 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Inventors: Josef Gartner (Mining, AT); Christoph Angermeier (Falkenberg, DE)

Assignee: Mubea Performance Wheels GmbH

B60B21/023B60B1/06B60B3/02B60B21/04C21D1/62C21D1/667C21D9/34C22F1/002C22F1/04B60B3/10B60B2310/542C21D9/0062

Abstract

Claims (17)

1. A method of quenching a component,

wherein the component is configured in form of a wheel comprising a hub portion, a rim portion, and a plurality of circumferentially distributed spokes extending between the hub portion and the rim portion,

wherein the rim portion comprises an outer rim flange, a rim bed and an inner rim flange, with a wheel center plane defined between the outer rim flange and the inner rim flange,

wherein the spokes and the hub portion are arranged offset with respect to the wheel center plane towards the outer rim flange and have an inner side facing the wheel center plane and an outer side facing away from the wheel center plane,

wherein the method comprises:

quenching the spokes; and

then quenching the hub portion after quenching the spokes has started.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the method comprises: quenching the hub portion and then quenching the rim bed after quenching the hub portion has started.

3. The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein quenching is carried out with a pressure of at least 30 bar.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the method comprises: quenching the inner rim flange and then quenching the rim bed after quenching the inner rim flange has started.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein quenching is carried out by a liquid-gas mixture.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein quenching is carried out with at least four separately controllable cooling units which are controlled in time sequence.

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