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Granted Patent B2
US 9,878,575 · App. 14/954,764 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Wheel for vehicles and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Sang Rak Kim (Seoul, KR); Min Jwa Seo (Uiwang-si, KR); Yong Min Jang (Gyeongsan-si, KR); Su Ji Baek (Yeongcheon-si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
B60B3/10B60B3/041B60B2310/302B60B2900/133B60B2900/311
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Patent No.
US 9,878,575
App. No.
14/954,764
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wheel for vehicles may include a rim coupled to a tire, and a spoke-shaped disc including a spoke and a vent hole, the spoke-shaped disc being coupled to a side surface of the rim to support the rim, in which a coupling zone between the spoke of the spoke-shaped disc and the rim and a coupling zone between a portion of the spoke-shaped disc formed with the vent hole and the rim have a height difference in a wheel axis direction, to allow the spoke-shaped disc to support the rim at an interior and an exterior of the rim.

Claims (8)

1. A wheel for vehicles, comprising:

a rim coupled to a tire; and

a spoke-shaped disc including a spoke and a vent hole, the spoke-shaped disc being coupled to a side surface of the rim to support the rim,

wherein a first coupling zone between the spoke of the spoke-shaped disc and the rim and a second coupling zone between a portion of the spoke-shaped disc formed with the vent hole and the rim have a height difference in a wheel axis direction, to allow the spoke-shaped disc to support the rim at an interior and an exterior of the rim, and

wherein the first coupling zone between the spoke of the spoke-shaped disc and the rim and the second coupling zone between the portion of the spoke-shaped disc formed with the vent hole and the rim have a height difference in a radial direction of the spoke-shaped disc.

2. The wheel of claim 1 , wherein an end of the spoke of a peripheral portion of the spoke-shaped disc is coupled to an exterior position of the rim, and a vent hole position end, corresponding to an end of the portion formed with the vent hole, of the peripheral portion of the spoke-shaped disc is coupled to an interior position of the rim.

3. The wheel of claim 2 , wherein the end of the spoke and the portion formed with the vent hole are coupled, via welding, to positions of the rim having a height difference in the wheel axis direction.

4. The wheel of claim 1 , wherein an end of the spoke and the portion formed with the vent hole are coupled, via welding, to positions of the rim having a height difference in the wheel axis direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2015
From: KIM, SANG RAK; SEO, MIN JWA; JANG, YONG MIN; BAEK, SU JI
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037170/0817 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0053541 · Apr 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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