Arrangement for fastening a wheel disc made of fiber composite material to a wheel hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10183525-B2
Application number	US-201514870987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2013
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A wheel for a motor vehicle, has a rim intended to receive a tire and a wheel disc made of fiber composite material joined to the rim, as well as an arrangement including screws or nuts for fastening the wheel disc to a wheel hub, for which purpose the wheel disc has axially directed openings for the passage of the screws or threaded bolts for screwing onto the nuts. The arrangement includes, for each opening of the wheel disc, an insulating body, a bush and a washer, each having a central opening, which surround the opening of the wheel disc in a U-shape, wherein the bush rests as a frame at an inner circumference of the opening, and the insulating body and the washer, resting against the frame and against the wheel disc in each case on one side of the wheel, at least partially cover the wheel disc in the radial direction. The insulating body is directed towards the wheel inside and the washer is directed towards the wheel outside. The insulating body can consist at least partially of ceramic material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wheel for a vehicle, comprising:
a rim on which a tire is mountable;
a wheel disc connected to the rim, the wheel disc being made of a fiber composite material;
an arrangement for fastening the wheel disc to a wheel hub, for which purpose the wheel disc has axially aligned openings for passage of screws or threaded bolts, wherein
for each of the axially aligned openings of the wheel disc, the arrangement comprises an insulating body, a bushing and a washer,
each of the insulating body, the bushing and the washer have a central opening,
the insulating body, the bushing, and the washer surround their respective one of the axially aligned openings of the wheel disc in a U-shape which extends, on both an inner side and an outer side of the wheel, axially beyond respective axially outermost face surfaces of the wheel disc at the axially aligned openings and radially beyond a radius of the axially aligned openings,
the bushing rests as a frame at an inner circumference of the opening,
the insulating body and the washer rest against the frame and against the wheel disc in each case on one side of the wheel at least partially covering the wheel disc in the radial direction, and
the insulating body is located at the inner side of the wheel and the washer is located at the outer side of the wheel.

2. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body is composed at least partially of ceramic material.

3. The wheel according to claim 2 , wherein the bushing and the washer are composed of ceramic material or metal.

4. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the bushing and the washer are composed of ceramic material or metal.

5. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the bushing and the washer are formed in one piece.

6. The wheel according to claim 3 , wherein the bushing and the washer are formed in one piece.

7. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the bushing and the insulating body are formed in one piece.

8. The wheel according to claim 2 , wherein the bushing and the insulating body are formed in one piece.

9. The wheel according to claim 4 , wherein the bushing and the insulating body are formed in one piece.

10. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the wheel disc and the bushing form a conical seat with one another.

11. The wheel according to claim 10 , wherein the insulating body and the bushing form a conical seat with one another.

12. The wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body and the bushing form a conical seat with one another.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Keller David
• Jaegermeyr Peter

Classifications

• B60B2360/341

  with fibres · CPC title

• B60B3/14

  Attaching disc body to hub (resiliently B60B9/00; attaching rim to wheel body B60B23/00 ){; Wheel adapters} · CPC title

• B60B2310/305

  by screwing · CPC title

• B60B2900/111

  Weight · CPC title

• B60B5/02

  made of synthetic material · CPC title