Patent ID: 7631946

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a wheel comprising: a) stamping a wheel disc to have an association region transitioning between an end region and a central region; b) shaping a wheel rim; and c) manufacturing the wheel disc to form at least one first centering element and manufacturing the wheel rim to form at least one second centering element wherein the wheel rim includes a side wall, and including stamping the at least one first centering element as a substantially annular recess having radially outer and radially inner surfaces defined by at least one stamped surface that is obliquely orientated relative to an inboard surface of the association region, and forming the second centering element as an angular piece extending downwardly at an angle from the side wall to be fitted into the substantially annular recess to contact both of the radially outer and radially inner surfaces to hold the wheel rim fixed relative to the wheel disc in a centered position relative to the wheel disc.