Patent ID: 6042193
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B60B,Y10T

Abstract:
A welded vehicle wheel having an outer side and an inner side, comprising:a rim having a bed region, wherein said bed region comprises a decreasing diameter toward the outer side; anda wheel disc having an outer circumference, a side wall area at the outer circumference of said wheel disc and a circumferential portion having a connected axial end facing and connected to said side wall area and a free axial end facing away from said side wall area, wherein said side wall area comprises an increasing diameter toward the inner side and said circumferential portion is disposed substantially axially;said rim being connected to said wheel disc by a pressure-seat connection between said bed region and said circumferential portion and a welded seam between said free end of the circumferential portion and said bed region, wherein said pressure seat connection comprises an axially narrow zone proximate said connected end of said circumferential portion and wherein said pressure seat connection and said welded seam form an intermediate space axially therebetween continuous in a circumferential direction and having an expanding cross section toward the inner side.