Vehicle wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701157-B2
Application number	US-201414769954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 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 includes:
a main body portion longitudinal in the circumferential direction, the main body portion including a bottom plate disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the well portion, and an upper plate forming a sub air chamber between the upper and bottom plates;
edge portions that join the bottom plate and the upper plate at both side portions, with respect to the width direction, of the main body portion, and are engagingly fixed to respective groove portions formed on the first standing wall surface and the second standing wall surface; and
a protruding portion that is arranged such as to protrude from an end portion with respect to the longitudinal direction of the main body portion, in the circumferential direction, and is provided inside thereof with a communication hole for communication between the sub air chamber and the tire air chamber, and
wherein the protruding portion is arranged being biased in the width direction of the main body portion, from a central portion to a side of either of the edge portions.

2. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an extending portion formed by a plate shaped body extending from end portions, with respect to wheel circumferential direction, of the main body portion and the end portions,
wherein the protruding portion is formed in integration with the extending portion.

3. The vehicle wheel according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding portion is formed such as to protrude in the wheel circumferential direction further than an end portion, with respect to the wheel circumferential direction, of the extending portion.

4. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the communication hole has a cross-sectional shape longitudinal in wheel radial direction.

5. The vehicle wheel according to claim 4 , wherein the communication hole is in a longitudinal tongue shape.

6. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first standing wall surface is formed on an annular standing wall standing at 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 protruding portion is formed, being biased to the edge portion on which the rotation preventing member is formed.

7. The vehicle wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the sub air chamber member is formed from a resin.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kamiyama Youichi

Classifications

• B60B2900/133

  Noise · CPC title

• B60B21/02

  characterised by transverse section · CPC title

• B60B21/12 Primary

  Appurtenances, e.g. lining bands · CPC title

• B60C19/002

  Noise damping elements provided in the tyre structure or attached thereto, e.g. in the tyre interior · CPC title

• B60B2900/111

  Weight · CPC title