Patent ID: 9682442
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B23K,B60B

Claim:
1. A welded wheel structure, comprising: a first wheel section having a first web portion; a second wheel section having a second web portion, where each of said first and second web portions are contacting each other and each of said first and second web portions have the same length; and a continuous hermetically sealed weld joint which welds said first web portion to said second web portion, such that said weld joint passes through an entire thickness of said first web portion and penetrates 5 to 100% of said thickness of said second web portion; wherein said weld joint is positioned radially around a center of said welded first and second sections, wherein said weld joint is an autogenous weld joint, and wherein said first web portion has a web length between a hub portion positioned radially inward from said first web portion and an angled portion positioned radially outward from said first web portion, and said weld joint is positioned on the first web portion 10 to 80% of the web length inward from said angled portion.