US 12,447,770 B2
Vehicle wheel disc, vehicle wheel including such a wheel disc and method for producing such a wheel disc and vehicle wheel
Adriano Phoenix Sant'Anna, Pocos de Caldas (BR); Marcio Aparecido de Oliveira, Limeira (BR); Renato de Jesus Madeira, Vinhedo (BR); Alexandre André Costa Motta, Sao José do Alegre (BR); Marcelo Yumoto Graziani, Limeira (BR); Ralf Duning, Solingen (DE); and Iosef Fanizza, Königswinter (DE)
Assigned to Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH, Konigswinter (DE)
Filed by Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH, Königswinter (DE)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,803.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278365 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60B 3/00 (2006.01); B60B 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 3/007 (2013.01) [B60B 3/008 (2013.01); B60B 3/16 (2013.01); B60B 2310/224 (2013.01); B60B 2360/102 (2013.01); B60B 2900/111 (2013.01); B60B 2900/513 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A full face fabricated vehicle wheel comprising:
a wheel rim having a tire well and an inboard bead seat retaining flange, wherein the wheel rim defines an outboard bead seat and an inboard bead seat; and
a wheel disc configured to be secured to the wheel rim, wherein the wheel disc includes:
a hub located centrally within the wheel disc and defining a wheel axis, wherein the hub includes an axial hub hole and a plurality of lug bolt receiving holes formed therein such that the lug bolt receiving holes are spaced circumferentially about the hub hole equidistant from one another;
an outer circumferential edge having an outboard bead seat retaining flange; and
an annular transition portion radially extending between the hub and the outer circumferential edge, wherein the transition portion includes a plurality of vent hole regions circumferentially spaced around the transition portion about the wheel axis, and wherein at least one vent hole region includes a vent hole formed through the transition portion and defining an outer perimeter such that at least two bridging portions extend inwardly from the perimeter which subdivides the vent hole into at least three smaller holes formed through the transition portion at the at least one vent hole region, wherein the transition portion is subdivided into a plurality of concentric segments.