Vehicle wheel hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11872840-B2
Application number	US-202117170812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2021
Priority date	Apr 29, 2020
Publication date	Jan 16, 2024
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024

Abstract

The application relates to a wheel hub for vehicle, which comprises a flange, a rim, a spoke, a central hole, and bolt bores distributed around the central hole. According to the disclosure, the flange on the wheel front side is affixed with an extension part comprising a radial extension magnitude extending to the outer periphery of the wheel hub and an axial extension magnitude extending to the wheel front side, the extension part comprises a plurality of sections circumferentially distributed along the flange, so as to form on the wheel front side an envelope circle having a diameter size increased by twice the radial extension magnitude. The present disclosure further satisfies the additional needs of the user with respect to the overall design of the wheel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wheel for vehicle, having a wheel front side located on an outer side of a vehicle and a wheel back side located on an inner side of the vehicle in a mounting state, a main body of the wheel comprising a flange including a first flange on the wheel front side and a second flange on the wheel back side, a rim, spokes, a center hole, and bolt bores distributed around the center hole, the rim having a diameter and a width suitable for mounting a tire, and two sides of the rim being defined by the first flange on the wheel front side and the second flange on the wheel back side, wherein an extension part is added to the first flange on the wheel front side, the extension part comprises a radial extension magnitude extending to the outer periphery of the wheel and an axial extension magnitude extending to the wheel front side, the extension part comprises a plurality of sections spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction of the first flange, and when viewed from a front view along a direction of a central axis of the wheel, the sections are protruding from the second flange, thus forming an envelope circle on the wheel front side with the diameter increasing by two times the radial extension magnitude; the extension part is axially offset outwards relative to the first flange to provide axial assembly space for the tire, and the value of the axial offset increases with the increase of the axial extension magnitude and the radial extension magnitude.

2. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the sections of the extension part is consistent with the number of the spokes.

3. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a weight reduction recess is configured in an area between a respective spoke and the first flange.

4. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the extension part, at a side facing the wheel back side, has a structural profile matching a partial shape of a to-be-assembled tire, so that this side of the extension part is fitted to a toe area of the tire or a corresponding wall surface of a tire side in a state of tire being assembled.

5. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the number of the sections of the extension part is consistent with the number of the spokes.

6. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a weight reduction recess is configured in an area between a respective spoke and the first flange.

7. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the radial extension magnitude has a value of 0.5 cm to 6 cm.

8. The wheel for vehicle according to 7 , wherein the number of the sections of the extension part is consistent with the number of the spokes.

9. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the axial extension magnitude has a value of 0 to 5 cm.

10. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the number of the sections of the extension part is consistent with the number of the spokes.

11. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the extension part comprises 3 to 12 sections spaced aprt from each other along the circumferential direction of the first flange, and the sum of lengths of the sections in the circumferential direction of the first flange accounts for 20% to 80% of the total circumference of the first flange.

12. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the sections of the extension part is consistent with the number of the spokes.

13. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a weight reduction recess is configured in an area between a respective spoke and the first flange.

14. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein an insert made of a plastic material is mounted in the weight reduction recess.

15. The wheel for vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the insert is fixed in the weight reduction recess through a bonding or snap-engaging structure.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Weidong
• Xu Shiwen
• Li Minglei
• Yue Liangjian
• Li Jian

Classifications

• B60B21/106 Primary

  the shape of flange end-sections · CPC title

• B60B3/005

  in the section adjacent to rim · CPC title

• B60B3/02

  with a single disc body integral with rim · CPC title

• B60B3/10 Primary

  apertured to simulate spoked wheels · CPC title

• B60B21/023

  the transverse section being non-symmetrical · CPC title