Patent ID: 6238005
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
A wheel balance weight attached to a rim of a wheel of an automobile, comprising:a weight body having an engaging groove and caulkable opened end portions defining said engaging groove, andan engaging member having one end portion to be fixed in said engaging groove of said weight body and having another end for nipping a periphery of the rim of the wheel, said engaging member being fixed to said engaging groove of said weight body by pawl portions formed by caulking said opened end portions over said one end portion of said engaging member in a stage where said one end portion is engaged with said engaging groove,said weight body having deep groove portions at both sides of a bottom wall surface of said engaging groove, and said one end portion of said engaging member having sloped side edge portions sloped toward said engaging groove, said engaging member being fixed to said weight body in a state where said sloped side edge portions are fixed in said deep groove portions.