Patent ID: 7740324
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle wheel comprising: a hub for receiving an axle of a vehicle; a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly from the hub, each of said plurality of spokes having a hollow portion with a water-discharge hole formed therein, said hollow portion comprising an inner part proximate the hub and having a first wall thickness, and an outer tip end portion spaced away from the hub and having a second wall thickness which is greater than the first wall thickness; and a rim connected to said outer tip end portion of each of the plurality of spokes, said rim supporting a tire thereon; wherein said water-discharge hole is formed in said outer tip end portion of each of the spokes proximate the rim so as to allow water which enters said hollow portion of each of the spokes to be drained off; and wherein a portion of a wall of the outer tip end portion of each of the spokes is thickened in an area thereof adjacent the water-discharge hole; and wherein said second wall thickness of said outer tip end portion of the hollow portion extends inwardly of said water-discharge hole in a longitudinal direction of each of the spokes.