US 12,304,239 B2
Vehicle wheel having adjustable insert neck and method for manufacturing the same
Jun Min Lee, Seoul (KR); Young Chan Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Min Soo Kim, Seoul (KR); Young Rae Jo, Seoul (KR); Young Il Kim, Chungju-si (KR); Sang Bum Park, Chungju-si (KR); and Chang Hak Yoo, Chungju-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corpration, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI SUNGWOO CASTING CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,250.
Application 18/396,250 is a division of application No. 17/038,668, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,897,285.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0065276 (KR), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123760 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60B 3/02 (2006.01); B21D 53/30 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B60B 3/06 (2006.01); B60B 21/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 3/02 (2013.01) [B21D 53/30 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B60B 3/06 (2013.01); B60B 21/025 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B60B 2310/202 (2013.01); B60B 2310/211 (2013.01); B60B 2310/228 (2013.01); B60B 2310/3025 (2013.01); B60B 2360/10 (2013.01); B60B 2900/111 (2013.01); B60B 2900/112 (2013.01); B60B 2900/113 (2013.01); B60B 2900/116 (2013.01); B60B 2900/133 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle wheel comprising:
a rim and a disc which are molded in a one-piece body;
a resonance chamber defined at a boundary between the rim and the disc;
a forming end configured to enclose the resonance chamber; and
a sound-absorbing hole defined in the forming end such that the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire communicate with each other through the sound-absorbing hole,
wherein a hollow insert neck having an inner diameter and a length adjustable according to a target resonance frequency is tightly disposed in the sound-absorbing hole,
wherein the insert neck includes a first uneven part on a circumferential portion thereof and the sound-absorbing hole includes a second uneven part on an inner diameter portion thereof such that the first uneven part and the second uneven part are engaged and locked to each other,
wherein the first uneven part includes a first groove and a first protrusion, and the second uneven part includes a second protrusion and a second groove, and
wherein when the insert neck is press-fitted into the sound-absorbing hole, the first protrusion of the first uneven part is inserted and fastened to the second groove of the second uneven part, and the second protrusion of the second uneven part is inserted and fastened to the first groove of the first uneven part.