Wheel rim and method for manufacturing a wheel rim

• Main Author: REUTELER, ANDREAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.10.2008
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The wheel rim (1) has a rim body (2) with a rim base (3) and lateral rim sides with rim horns (4), whereby the rim horns consist at least partly of a fiber composite with at least one layer of fibers. The rim horns have inward protruding bulges (7) of squashed fiber layers (8), between which a tire...