Patent ID: 6340210
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A wheel for a vehicle, said vehicle having an axle with a hub connected thereto, said wheel comprising:first and second wheel halves joined together, each of said wheel halves having a disk portion and a rim continuing from said disk portion; and a center plate inter-posed between said disk portions of said wheel halves, said center plate having a first diameter smaller than an outside second diameter of each of said disk portions, one of said first and second wheel halves having an outer curved portion and the other of said first and second wheel halves having an inner curved portion between said first diameter and said rims, said first wheel half, said second wheel half and said center plate being fixedly connected together and to said hub with a plurality of washers, bolts, and nuts; said first and second wheel halves being fixedly connected together with a weld, said weld due to said outer and inner curved portions being offset inwardly toward said vehicle relative to a straight line passing vertically through said center plate when said wheel is mounted on said vehicle.