Patent ID: 7537034
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. An automotive wheel, comprising: an inner barrel having an inboard flange, an inner barrel hardware mounting flange, and an inner barrel body disposed between the inner barrel inboard flange and the inner barrel hardware mounting flange; an outer barrel having an outboard flange and an outer barrel hardware mounting flange with an outer barrel body disposed between the outer barrel outboard flange and the outer barrel hardware mounting flange; an air receiving chamber rim section defined as being a radially outward side of the wheel circumferentially formed by the inboard flange, the inner barrel body, the outer barrel body, and said outboard flange, wherein the inner barrel hardware mounting flange and the outer barrel hardware mounting flange extend into an air receiving chamber defined as being a region formed between the air receiving chamber rim section and an installed tire; and a fastening system securing said outer barrel hardware mounting flange and said inner barrel hardware mounting flange to form a wheel assembly, wherein visible portions of the fastening system are disposed exclusively within the air receiving chamber.