Motor vehicle wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10252569-B2
Application number	US-201615011514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2016
Priority date	Feb 3, 2015
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A wheel for a motor vehicle having a wheel rim connected to a wheel flange via wheel spokes. At least one wheel spoke having a higher mass than at least one of the remaining wheel spokes. The higher mass of the at least one wheel spoke partially compensated for by the lower mass of the at least one remaining wheel spoke.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wheel for a motor vehicle comprising:
a hub and a rim;
wheel spokes connecting said hub to said rim;
at least one wheel spoke has a higher mass than at least one of the remaining wheel spokes, wherein the higher mass of the at least one wheel spoke is compensated for by a mass reduction of the at least one remaining wheel spoke; and
an even number of wheel spokes, wherein half of the wheel spokes have a higher mass than the remaining wheel spokes.

2. The wheel of claim 1 wherein the wheel spokes having a higher mass each have the same mass and the wheel spokes having a lower mass each have the same mass.

3. The wheel of claim 1 wherein the wheel spokes having a higher mass and the wheel spokes having a lower mass are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction of the wheel hub.

4. The wheel of claim 1 wherein all the wheel spokes have a substantially same configuration when viewed from an outer side of said wheel spokes.

5. The wheel of claim 1 wherein the at least one wheel spoke having a higher mass has a cross section having a greater wall thickness than a wall thickness of at least one of the remaining wheel spokes.

6. The wheel of claim 1 wherein all of said wheel spokes have a cross-sectional profile including a wall; and
said wheel spokes having a higher mass having a greater wall thickness than said remaining wheel spokes.

7. The wheel of claim 1 wherein said wheel spokes having a higher mass include increased material located adjacent said hub.

8. The wheel of claim 1 wherein said wheel spokes having a higher mass include increased material located adjacent rim.

9. The wheel of claim 1 wherein said wheel spokes having a higher mass include increased material extending between said hub and said rim.

10. The wheel of claim 6 wherein the wheel spokes having a higher mass each have the same mass and the wheel spokes having a lower mass each have the same mass.

11. A wheel for a motor vehicle comprising:
a hub and a rim;
wheel spokes connecting said hub to said rim; and
an even number of wheel spokes wherein half of the wheel spokes have a higher mass than the remaining wheel spokes, with the wheel spokes having a higher mass each having the same mass and the wheel spokes having a lower mass each having the same mass; and
wherein the higher mass of half of the wheel spokes is partially compensated for by a mass reduction of the remaining wheel spokes.

12. The wheel of claim 11 wherein the wheel spokes having a higher mass and the wheel spokes having a lower mass are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction of the wheel hub.

13. The wheel of claim 11 wherein all of said wheel spokes have a cross-sectional profile including a wall; and
said wheel spokes having a higher mass having a greater wall thickness than said remaining wheel spokes.

14. The wheel of claim 13 wherein the wheel spokes having a higher mass and the wheel spokes having a lower mass are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction of the wheel hub.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Noweihed Bassam

Classifications

• B60B3/10 Primary

  apertured to simulate spoked wheels · CPC title

• B60B2900/131

  Vibrations · CPC title

• B60B1/08 Primary

  formed by casting · CPC title

• B60B1/06

  Wheels with compression spokes (wheels of high resiliency B60B9/00) · CPC title

• B60B2900/133

  Noise · CPC title