Patent ID: 7984551

Claim:
A method for producing a fabricated vehicle wheel comprising the steps of: (a) providing a wheel rim; (b) providing a wheel disc defining an axis and having a wheel mounting surface, a plurality of outwardly extending spokes and an outer rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface; (c) subjecting the wheel disc to at least a first window piercing operation to produce a first window portion in the wheel disc between a pair of adjacent spokes; (d) subjecting the wheel disc to at least a second window piercing operation to produce a second window portion in the wheel disc the first window portion and the second window portion cooperating to define a single pierced window in the wheel disc having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange such that each of the pierced window extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc; and (e) securing the wheel disc and the wheel rim together to produce the fabricated vehicle wheel.