	US 12,466,212 B2
	Method for producing a motor vehicle rim made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a wheel of a motor vehicle and corresponding motor vehicle rim
Jaan Mattes Reiling, Sassenberg (DE); Jan Gaugler, Neckarmühlbach (DE); and Marc Hummel, Güglingen (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/787,735
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/082531 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144052, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020100693.4 (DE), filed on Jan. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074550 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60B 3/06 (2006.01); B22D 18/06 (2006.01); B60B 3/02 (2006.01); B60B 3/10 (2006.01); B60B 19/10 (2006.01)

CPC B60B 3/06 (2013.01) [B22D 18/06 (2013.01); B60B 3/02 (2013.01); B60B 3/10 (2013.01); B60B 19/10 (2013.01); B60B 2310/202 (2013.01); B60B 2360/104 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for producing an automobile rim from aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a wheel of an automobile, wherein the automobile rim has a rim well delimited on opposite sides by an outer flange and an inner flange, a hub with a center recess and a bolt hole circle, and a rim center connecting the rim well and the hub with one another, wherein the automobile rim is produced in one piece and continuously in a casting mold by die casting of a casting material, the automobile rim being formed during die casting with at least one air-conveying element, which is installed with respect to an imaginary plane perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the automobile rim to convey air in an axial direction with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the automobile rim, and with at least one surface enlargement element extending in a circumferential direction along a circular line.