Patent ID: 7059685

Claim:
A fabricated vehicle wheel comprising: a wheel rim including an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inner tire bead seat, a well, an outer tire bead seat, and an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange; a wheel disc joined to said wheel rim and defining a wheel axis, said wheel disc including an inner wheel mounting pad, an outer annular rim connecting flange and a plurality of radial spokes connecting said inner wheel mounting pad to said rim connecting flange, said rim connecting flange extending solely in an axial direction, said rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface extending between each pair of adjacent spokes; and a separate window formed in said wheel disc between each pair of adjacent spokes, each window having a predetermined shape defined by said adjacent spokes and said side edge surface of said rim connecting flange such that each window extends to an outermost periphery of said wheel disc.