Vehicle wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9566825-B2
Application number	US-201414770236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle wheel of the present invention, includes: a sub air chamber member which serves as a Helmholtz resonator and is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion in a tire air chamber; a first standing wall surface formed such as to stand from the outer circumferential surface of the well portion outward in radial direction and extend in circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface; and a second standing wall surface formed on the well portion such as to face the first standing wall surface in width direction of the outer circumferential surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle wheel, comprising:
a sub air chamber member which serves as a Helmholtz resonator and is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion in a tire air chamber;
a first standing wall surface formed such as to stand from the outer circumferential surface of the well portion outward in radial direction and extend in circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface; and
a second standing wall surface formed on the well portion such as to face the first standing wall surface in width direction of the outer circumferential surface,
wherein the sub air chamber member is formed from a resin and includes:
a main body portion including a bottom plate disposed on the outer circumferential surface side of the well portion, an upper plate forming a sub air chamber between the upper and bottom plates, and a communication hole for communication between the sub air chamber and the tire air chamber; and
edge portions that join the upper and bottom plates at both side portions of the main body portion in, and are engaged to respective groove portions formed on the first standing wall surface and the second standing wall surface, and
wherein the main body portion is provided with plural joint portions that are recessed toward inside the sub air chamber from either or both of the upper and bottom plates to partially join the upper and bottom plates, the joint portions being formed along the circumferential direction such as to be biased to a side of either the edge portion engaged to the first standing wall surface or the edge portion engaged to the second standing wall surface.

2. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the main body portion is longitudinally curved, matching a curvature in the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface,

wherein the groove portions are annular circumferential grooves formed along the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the well portion, and
wherein the edge portions are longitudinally fitted in the circumferential grooves.

3. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 , comprising:
a protruding portion provided inside thereof with the communication hole,
wherein the protruding portion is arranged such as to biased from a central portion of the main body portion to a side of either of the edge portions in the width direction, and

wherein the joint portions are biased to the side of the edge portion to which the protruding portion is biased.

4. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first standing wall surface is formed on an annular standing wall standing on the well portion,
wherein the sub air chamber member includes a rotation preventing member that protrudes in wheel width direction from the either of the edge portions to prevent the sub air chamber member from deviating in the wheel circumferential direction by that the rotation preventing member is fitted into a cut-away portion formed on the standing wall, and
wherein the joint portions are formed, being biased to the edge portion side on which the rotation preventing member is formed.

5. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the joint portions are formed in an array on a line along wheel circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kamiyama Youichi

Classifications

• B60B21/12 Primary

  Appurtenances, e.g. lining bands · CPC title

• Y02T10/86

  Optimisation of rolling resistance, e.g. weight reduction · CPC title

• B60B21/02

  characterised by transverse section · CPC title

• B60B2900/133

  Noise · CPC title

• B60B2900/111

  Weight · CPC title