Patent ID: 6641224
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly comprising:an inner full face vehicle wheel defining an axis and including a wheel rim and a full face wheel disc, said wheel rim including an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an outboard tire bead seat, a generally axially extending well, and an inboard tire bead seat surface, said wheel disc including a body having a centrally located wheel mounting flange and an outer annular portion, said outer annular portion of said wheel disc defining an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange of said inner full face vehicle wheel, said wheel mounting flange being located wholly outside a plane defined by said inboard tire bead seat retaining flange; and an outer full face vehicle wheel defining an axis and including a wheel rim and a full face wheel disc, said wheel rim including an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an outboard tire bead seat, a generally axially extending well, and an inboard tire bead seat surface, said wheel disc including a body having a centrally located wheel mounting flange and an outer annular portion, said outer annular portion of said wheel disc defining an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange of said outer full face vehicle wheel, said wheel mounting flange being located wholly outside a plane defined by said inboard tire bead seat retaining flange; and each of said inboard tire bead seats of said outer and inner full face vehicle wheels provided with a radially in-turned flange, said in-turned flange including a generally radially inwardly sloping surface, a generally radially extending surface, and an axially extending surface; wherein, when said radially extending surface of said in-turned flange is positioned against an adjacent inner surface of said inboard tire bead seat retaining flange of said wheel disc, a recess is formed between said generally radially inwardly sloping surface of said in-turned flange and said inner surface of said inboard tire bead seat retaining flange and a welding area is formed between said generally axially extending surface of said in-turned flange and said inner surface of said inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, said recess defining an axially extending groove for receiving a first weld, said welding area defining an area for receiving a second weld, said first and second welds cooperating to join said wheel rim and said wheel disc together and produce said respective inner and outer full face vehicle wheels for use in said high offset dual vehicle wheel assembly.