IP Library Granted Patent US 10,569,599
Granted Patent B2
US 10,569,599 · App. 15/508,584 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim and a wheel disc

Inventors: Jens Werner (Coswig, DE); Christian Koehler (Dresden, DE); Sandro Maeke (Dohma, DE); Michael Dressler (Dresden, DE); Christian Heilmann (Dresden, DE); Florian Franke (Dresden, DE)
Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
B60B23/08B60B23/10B60B2900/111
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Patent No.
US 10,569,599
App. No.
15/508,584
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim, a wheel disc and at least one connecting element that connects the wheel disc and the wheel rim, wherein the connecting element is guided through a through-hole of the wheel rim and is joined in a joining channel of the wheel disc. According to the invention, an elongated sleeve ( 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 ) is provided that surrounds the connecting element ( 3, 3.1, 3.2 ) coaxially, which sleeve is designed and arranged in such a way that at least part of said sleeve interlockingly extends into a corresponding recess ( 7 ) of the wheel rim ( 1.1, 1.2 ) and into a corresponding recess ( 8 ) of the wheel disc ( 2.1 ).

Claims (31)

1. A vehicle wheel comprising:

a wheel rim;

a wheel disc;

a connecting element that connects the wheel disc and the wheel rim, the connecting element extending through a clearance hole of the wheel rim and into a joining channel of the wheel disc, wherein the connecting element engages directly with the wheel disc in the joining channel; and

an elongated sleeve that surrounds the connecting element coaxially, the elongated sleeve extending at least partially into a recess of the wheel rim and a recess of the wheel disc in a form-fit manner.

2. The vehicle wheel of claim 1 , wherein the recess of the wheel rim is at least partially a radial extension of the clearance hole.

3. The vehicle wheel of claim 2 , wherein the recess of the wheel disc is partially a radial extension of the joining channel.

4. The vehicle wheel of claim 2 , wherein the elongated sleeve comprises, on an end facing a rim outer side, a widened peripheral area with a seat surface for a seat of a head section of the connecting element.

5. The vehicle wheel of claim 4 , wherein the widened peripheral area is tapered and the head section is of tapered design.

6. The vehicle wheel of claim 4 , wherein the seat surface has a rough surface structure.

7. The vehicle wheel of claim 6 , wherein the rough surface structure is a corrugated or serrated surface structure.

8. The vehicle wheel of claim 6 , wherein a contact surface of the head section corresponding to the seat surface has a rough surface structure.

9. The vehicle wheel of claim 8 , wherein the rough surface structure is a corrugated or serrated surface structure.

10. The vehicle wheel of claim 4 , wherein a contact surface of the head section corresponding to the seat surface has a rough surface structure.

11. The vehicle wheel of claim 10 , wherein the rough surface structure is a corrugated or serrated surface structure.

12. The vehicle wheel of claim 1 , wherein the recess of the wheel disc is partially a radial extension of the joining channel.

13. The vehicle wheel of claim 1 , wherein the elongated sleeve is of an annular cylindrical design.

14. The vehicle wheel of claim 1 , wherein a section of the elongated sleeve that extends in the wheel rim and/or a section of the elongated sleeve that extends in the wheel disc is cohesively bonded and/or connected in a force-fit manner to the wheel rim or the wheel disc respectively.

15. The vehicle wheel of claim 1 , wherein the wheel further comprises at least one a perforated disc that is arranged between an inner side of the wheel rim and a wheel attachment side of the wheel disc.

16. The vehicle wheel of claim 1 , wherein the connecting element is a screw element, a threaded bolt or a press-in pin and/or wherein the wheel comprises more than one connecting element.

17. A vehicle wheel comprising:

a wheel rim;

a wheel disc; and

a connecting element connecting the wheel disc and the wheel rim, which connecting element is guided through a clearance hole of the wheel rim and joined in a joining channel of the wheel disc, wherein the joining channel is a blind hole in the wheel disc and the connecting element terminates within the joining channel, wherein the connecting element comprises a piston-like shaft section that has a radially extended cross section relative to a cross section of an end-side shaft section and at least partly extends into a recess of the clearance hole and of the joining channel of the wheel disc in a form-fit manner.

18. The vehicle wheel of claim 17 , wherein the wheel further comprises a perforated disc which encompasses the piston-like shaft section and is disposed between and in contact with an inner side of the wheel rim and a wheel attachment side of the wheel disc.

19. The vehicle wheel of claim 17 , wherein the end-side shaft section is joined in the joining channel by pressing in and/or gluing in.

20. A vehicle wheel comprising:

a wheel rim;

a wheel disc;

a connecting element that connects the wheel disc and the wheel rim, the connecting element extending through a clearance hole of the wheel rim and terminating within a joining channel of the wheel disc; and

an elongated sleeve that surrounds the connecting element coaxially, the elongated sleeve extending at least partially into a recess of the wheel rim and a recess of the wheel disc in a form-fit manner.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: ACTION COMPOSITES HIGHTECH GMBH
To: ACTION COMPOSITES GMBH
Reel/Frame 069030/0553 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
To: ACTION COMPOSITES HIGHTECH GMBH
Reel/Frame 069267/0888 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2017
From: WERNER, JENS; KOEHLER, CHRISTIAN; MAEKE, SANDRO; DRESSLER, MICHAEL; HEILMANN, CHRISTIAN; FRANKE, FLORIAN
To: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 041460/0453 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 112 980 · Sep 9, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170253077A1 · Sep 7, 2017