Patent ID: 7753453

Claim:
A wheel balance weight for an automobile, comprising: a weight holder ( 30 ) having a hooking part ( 32 ) press-fitted between a rim ( 7 ) of an automobile wheel ( 5 ) and a tire bead part ( 9 ) and an arcuate gripping part ( 34 ) provided at an end portion of the hook part ( 32 ); and a weight element ( 40 ) detachably gripped by an inner periphery of the gripping part ( 34 ) of the weight holder ( 30 ), wherein the weight element ( 40 ), covered by the gripping part ( 34 ) of the weight holder ( 30 ), has a coupling part ( 42 ) formed at a center part of an outer periphery of the weight element ( 40 ) to form steps ( 42 a ) at both side ends of the coupling part ( 42 ), wherein hook means are formed at the hook part ( 32 ) and the gripping part ( 34 ) of the weight holder ( 30 ), both end corners of the hook part ( 32 ) have hook projections ( 32 a ) which are cut to a length in a diagonal direction thereof, and outer ends of the cut parts are bent toward the wheel to be hooked by the surface of the rim ( 7 ) in order to increase resistance against separation, the gripping part ( 34 ) has a cut-out part ( 34 a ) formed at a center part by cutting two lines to a length along a circumference thereof, and a hook groove ( 42 b ) having teeth aligned with a longitudinal direction of the weight element is formed on surfaces of the coupling part ( 42 ) of the weight element ( 40 ) corresponding to the gripping part ( 34 ) so that the teeth engage with the gripping part ( 34 ).