Patent ID: 6623086
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B60B,Y10T

Abstract:
A metal-plated automotive vehicle wheel comprising:an outer, annular metal wheel rim having a radially inwardly facing center receiving surface that has opposing inboard and outboard extremities, and a metal wheel center set within said wheel rim and having a radially outwardly facing rim-contact surface that resides in face-to-face contact with said center receiving surface between said inboard and outboard extremities thereof, and wherein a radially inwardly directed channel is defined in said rim-contact surface proximate said outboard extremity of said center receiving surface, and a resilient O-ring is disposed in said channel and compressed against said center receiving surface of said rim, and said wheel center is welded to said wheel rim at said inboard extremity of said center receiving surface, and said wheel rim with said wheel center set therewithin are externally plated with a metal overcoating.