Vehicle wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9499008-B2
Application number	US-201213398221-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2012
Priority date	Feb 17, 2011
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

The invention concerns a vehicle wheel, comprising a body of a plastics material and at least one adapter for fastening the body to a wheel mounting, the at least one adapter having at least one protuberance which engages in a recess in the body, or, if multiple adapters are used, at least one adapter is formed such that it engages in a recess of the body over its full surface area, the adapter being arranged in such a way that, after assembly of the body on the wheel mounting, the adapter is positioned between the body and the wheel mounting, or the adapter being arranged in such a way that the body is positioned between the wheel mounting and the adapter, so that the adapter lies on the outside of the body after assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle wheel, comprising:
a body of a plastics material, the body including multiple recesses therein; and multiple adapters for fastening the body to a wheel mounting, each adapter comprising at least one protuberance, which engages in a respective recess in the body, such that each adapter engages in a recess of the body over a full surface area of the adapter, the adapter being arranged in such a way that the adapter is positioned between the body and the wheel mounting, and wherein each adapter is formed as a polygon with four corners, two opposite sides having no curvature and the two other opposite sides respectively having a rounding, one rounding being concave and the other rounding being convex, the vehicle wheel further comprising:
a disk;
at least one opening in the body;
a sleeve; and
an opening in the wheel mounting or the disk,
wherein the disk is connected to the adapter through the at least one opening in the body, and the disk is arranged on the side of the body that is facing the wheel mounting and
wherein the at least one opening in the body accommodates the sleeve, and the sleeve lies with one end facing against the wheel mounting or against the disk, or the sleeve lies against the opening in the wheel mounting or the disk without any play over an entire circumference of the sleeve.

2. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the disk has a peripheral edge which is in contact with the wheel mounting.

3. A vehicle wheel comprising:
a body of a plastics material, the body including multiple recesses therein;
multiple adapters for fastening the body to a wheel mounting, each adapter comprising at least one protuberance which engages in a respective recess in the body, such that the adapter engages in a recess of the body over a full surface area of the adapter, the adapter being arranged in such a way that the adapter is positioned between the body and the wheel mounting and wherein each adapter is formed as a segment of a circle;
a disk;
at least one opening in the body wherein the disk is connected to the adapter through the at least one opening in the body, and the disk is arranged on the side of the body that is facing the wheel mounting;
a sleeve; and
an opening in the wheel mounting or the disk, wherein the at least one opening in the body accommodates the sleeve, and the sleeve lies with one end facing against the wheel mounting or against the disk, or the sleeve lies against the opening in the wheel mounting or the disk without any play over an entire circumference of the sleeve.

4. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sleeve is formed in one part with the adapter or in one part with the disk.

5. The vehicle wheel according to claim 3 ,
wherein the sleeve is formed in one part with the adapter or in one part with the disk.

6. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein each adapter is assigned an individual disk.

7. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the multiple adapters are formed integrally with the wheel mounting.

8. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein one adapter is respectively arranged at every position at which a through-hole for screwing the body to the wheel mounting is formed.

9. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protuberances of the adapter and the recesses of the body are conically formed, so that the protuberances of the adapter are pressed into the recesses of the body.

10. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adapter is produced from a material which allows a force transmission between the wheel mounting and the adapter by friction.

11. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adapter is produced from a metallic material, from ceramic or a filled plastic.

12. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein a material for the body and a material for the adapter are independently chosen such that a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the material for the body and a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the material for the adapter differ by no more than 70%.

13. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plastics material of the body is chosen from polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene sulfone, polysulfone, polypropylene or polyamide.

14. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plastics material of the body is reinforced.

15. The vehicle wheel according to claim 7 ,
wherein the reinforced plastics material comprises a short fiber, long fiber or continuous fiber.

16. The vehicle wheel according to claim 15 ,
wherein the reinforced plastics material of the fibers is chosen from carbon, glass, aramid, basalt, a metal or a mineral.

17. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the body comprises spokes,
the adapters are positioned as an extension of the spokes of the body, and
each adapter has a portion that extends in the direction of the spoke, for strengthening the spoke.

18. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the disk is a single disk and all adapters are connected to the disk.

19. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the disk is connected to at least two adapters.

20. A vehicle wheel comprising:
a body of a plastics material, the body including multiple recesses therein;
multiple adapters for fastening the body to a wheel mounting, each adapter comprising at least one protuberance which engages in a respective recess in the body, such that the adapter engages in a recess of the body over a full surface area of the adapter, the adapter being arranged in such a way that the adapter is positioned between the body and the wheel mounting;
a disk;
at least one opening in the body wherein the disk is connected to the adapter through the at least one opening in the body, and the disk is arranged on the side of the body that is facing the wheel mounting;
a sleeve; and
an opening in the wheel mounting or the disk,
wherein the at least one opening in the body accommodates the sleeve, and the sleeve lies with one end facing against the wheel mounting or against the disk, or the sleeve lies against the opening in the wheel mounting or the disk without any play over an entire circumference of the sleeve.

Assignees

• Bohrmann Gerhard
• Gleiter Uwe
• Hess Heiko
• Rau Walter
• Wenigmann Sven
• Schnorr Joerg
• Bartholomeyzik Willi
• Basf Se

Inventors

• Bohrmann Gerhard
• Gleiter Uwe
• Hess Heiko
• Rau Walter
• Wenigmann Sven
• Schnorr Joerg
• Bartholomeyzik Willi

Classifications

• B60B5/02

  made of synthetic material · CPC title

• B60B3/147 Primary

  using wheel adapters · CPC title