CA1122243A - Wheel disk for road vehicles - Google Patents

Wheel disk for road vehicles

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CA1122243A
CA1122243A CA000330895A CA330895A CA1122243A CA 1122243 A CA1122243 A CA 1122243A CA 000330895 A CA000330895 A CA 000330895A CA 330895 A CA330895 A CA 330895A CA 1122243 A CA1122243 A CA 1122243A
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Jean Gergele
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Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60BVEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B3/00Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
    • B60B3/002Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body characterised by the shape of the disc
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/26Making other particular articles wheels or the like
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60BVEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B3/00Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
    • B60B3/04Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body with a single disc body not integral with rim, i.e. disc body and rim being manufactured independently and then permanently attached to each other in a second step, e.g. by welding

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Forging (AREA)
  • Rolling Contact Bearings (AREA)
  • Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Tires In General (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE :

In a wheel disk for road vehicles, the points A, B
and C are determined in radial direction as a function of the standardized diameter D4 of the rim 2 and of the diameter D
of the circle along which there are provided in the disk 1 the holes 3 which serve for the passage of the elements for attachment to the hub (not shown) against which the disk 1 rests via its first face S1.

Description

~12~243 The object of the present invention is an improved wheel disk for automotive vehicles and especially for utility vehicles. In particular it relates to the shape to be given to a wheel disk in order to impart to it a minimum thickness at each point and an optimum resistance to fatigue. The invention makes it possible to decrease the weight of the disk to the utmost while retarding the appearance of cracks in the zone oE the disk closc to the hu~.
The known disks, which are of constant thickness, have needless and expensive excess thicknesses in certain regions; it has therefore been attempted to lighten them by varying their thickness; this variation may reach 70~. However, in order to avoid ruptures in the zone close to the hub, the thickness of the disk is increased in said zone and, for reasons of manufacture, in the other zones of the disk, although to a lesser extent; this results in an increase in the weight to the detriment of a saving of material and energy.
The invention applies to metal or other wheels whose disk has a curved generating profile, the thickness of which is variable by at least 20~.
In accordance with the broad concept of the present invention, there is provided and claimed herein a wheel disk with a generating curve profile, the thickness of which is variable by at least 20~, having four successive zones; the first zone being a substantially flat central hub attachment zone having a standardized diameter of attachment D and termina-ting at an outside diameter D ; the second zone being of concave curvature and extending from said first zone and terminating at an outside diameter D2; the third zone being of convex curvature and extending from said second zone and terminating at an out-side diameter D3; the fourth zone being a peripheral zone and extending from said third zone and connectable to a rim with a -- 1 -- ~

1~22~3 standardized nominal diameter D4. This wheel disk is characterized by the fact that (a) the value of the diameterD2 is less than a value m which is a function of the diameter D and which is given by the formula m (D) = 103,710 U - 342,050 u6 + 444,880 U
- 290,390 U4 + 99,506 U3 - 16,712 u2 + 1,279.2 U + 2~1.91 with U = (D-205)/220, in which D is expressed in millimeters;
and (b) the axial length d of the second zone is at least equal to 0.289 (D2 ~ Dl).
The accompanying drawing is a profile or meridian cross-section of the upper half of a wheel disk made according to the invention.
The meridian cross-section of this type of wheel disk 1 is composed of four successive zones: a central attach-; ment zone Zl~ substantially flat, extending away from the axis X-X', intended to cooperate with the hub of the vehicle and which stops at the point A; a zone Z2 whose average curvature ls relatively high, referred to by definition as positive or concave, this zone Z2 extending from the point A to the point B; a zone Z3 of a negative or convex curvature which - la -1~22~3 stops at the point C; a peripheral zone Z4, which may or may not be cylindrical and in which the connection to the rim 2 takes place. In order to determine the zone Z2' the point B
is defined as being the first point, starting from the axis, where the curvature becomes negative.
The shape of this type of disk which forms the object of the invention will be described with reference to one of its faces, called the first face Sl: the second face S2 is obtained from the first face Sl by the calculation of the variable thickness of the disk at each point of a meridian cross section. By definition, the first face Sl is that which is on the side of the zone Z2 with respect t~ the median plane of the zone Zl; it is this first face Sl whi~ch is generally applied against the hub (not shown) by attachment elements passing through holes 3, at least on the rear wheels of trucks in the case of the mounting of twin wheels. In the drawing, this first face Sl is on the left side.
Standards define the following diameters, measured from the axis X-X' of the wheel :

- the standardized diameter of attachment D, which is the diameter of the cylinder on which there are arranged the geometrical axes of the mechanical elements for the attachment of the wheel (IS0/DIS 4107; DIN 74361), and - the standardized nominal diameter D4 of the rim 2 (TRA STANDARD).
In accordance with the present invention, a wheel disk 1 with a curved generating profile, the thickness of which is variable by at least 20 %, is characterized by the fact that the value of the outside diameter D2 of the zone Z2 defined above isless than aval~e m which is a function of the diameter D defined above and which is given by the formula :

Z2~3 m(D) = 103,710 U7 - 342,050 IJ6 + 444,880 U5 -- 290,390 U + 99, 506 J 16,712 U
+ 1,279.2 U + 281.91 with U = (D-205 ~/220, in which D is expressed in millimeters, and by the fact that the axial length d of the zone Z2 ~ that is to say the projection of its generating curve AB on the axis X-X' of the wheel, is at least equal to 0.289 (D2-Dl ) in which Dl is the outside diameter of the zone Zl defined above.

In a preferred variant of the invention, the improved wheel disk 1 is characterized by the fact that the value of the B outside diameter ~1 f the zone Zl is less than a value ~ ~
which is a function of the diameter D given by the formula :
(D) = 56,722 U7 - 181,150 U6 + 226,700 U5 - 141,660 U4 + 46,435 U3 -7,501.2 U2 + 667.51 U + 264.97 with U = (D-205)/220, in which D is expressed in millimeters.
In another preferred variant of the invention, the improved wheel disk is characterized by the fact that the value of the outside diameter D3 of the zone Z3 defined above being less than a value b which is a function of the diameter D4 defined above given by the formula :
b (D4) = 17,549 X -- 63,951 X6 + 89,945 x5 -- 61,771 x4 + 21,850 x3 - 3,955 X2 + 527.37 x 365.45 with x = (D4-419.1)/203.2, in which D4 is expressed in milli-meters, the product of the average curvature of the zone Z3 times the diameter D is greater (in absolute value) than a value g which is a function of the diameter D given by the following formula, this average curvature being convex on the side of the first face Sl defined above of the disk :
g (D) = - 5,319.7 U + 18,307 U6 - 25,047 U5 + 17,346 U4 il222~3 -6,361.8 U3 + ~,152.5 u2 - 77.16 U + 1.2352 with U = (D-205)/220, in which D is expressed in millimeters.
Finally, in a particular case, the zone Z2 could be reduced to a straight line generating a cylinder or even reduced to a point generatin~ a circle of the diameter Dl = D~;
in this latter case, the points A and B would then merge in the drawing.
Two embodiments of the invention will now be describ-ed, by way of illustration and not of limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawing :
1st Example: A wheel having a diameter D of 335 mm and a diameter D4 of 571. 5 mm (22, 5" ) has the following charac-teristics :
- diameter Dl less than 397.2 mm, for instance 393 mm - diameter D2 less than 427.0 mm, for instance 419 mm - diameter D3 less than 514.5 mm, for instance 498 mm - value of d greater than 7.5, for instance 13 mm - radius of curvature R of the zone Z3 1~ss than 251.9 mm, for instance 70 mm.
2nd Example: A wheel having a diameter D of 225 rnm and a diameter D4 of 444.5 mm (17.5") has the following characteristics:
- diameter Dl less than 290.2 mm, for instanc~ 290 mm - diameter D2 less than 317 .6 mm, for instance 317.5mm - diameter D3 less than 399.7 mm, for instance ~99 mm - value of d greater than 7.9 mm, for instance 11.2 mm.
On the wheel disks described above, the decrease of the stresses in the attachment zone Zl makes it possible to reduce considerably the thickness of the disk while retaining the same fatigue strength measured in accordance with the known tests run on a testing drum with cambered wheels and by tests l~ZZ2~3 on vehicles.
In other words, an improved wheel disk in accordance - with the present invention may have a thickness which is con-siderably less than that of a known disk all other things being equal, that is to say with the same loads, the same material, the same vehicle, etc., therefore, the invention results in a very great reduction in weight and cost.
Of c~ourse the symmetry of revolution of the disks which was implicit in all of the foregoing ~ay be destroyed in any known manner by holes or any machining intended for aesthetic or technical purposes, without thereby going beyond the scope of the present invention.

Claims (3)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A wheel disk with a generating curve profile, the thickness of which is variable by at least 20%, having four successive zones; the first zone being a substantially flat central hub attachment zone having a standardized diameter of attachment D and terminating at an outside diameter D1; the second zone being of concave curvature and extending from said first zone and terminating at an outside diameter D2; the third zone being of convex curvature and extending from said second zone and terminating at an outside diameter D3; the fourth zone being a peripheral zone and extending from said third zone and connectable to a rim with a standardized nominal diameter D4;
characterized by the fact that (a) the value of the diameter D2 is less than a value m which is a function of the diameter D and which is given by the formula m (D) = 103,710 U7 - 342,050 U6 + 444,880 U5 - 290,390 U4 + 99,506 U3 - 16,712 U2 + 1,279.2 U + 281.91 with U = (D-205)/220, in which D is expressed in milli-meters; and (b) the axial length d of the second zone is at least equal to 0.289 (D2 - D1).
2. The wheel disk according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that (c) the value of the diameter D1 is less than a value ? which is a function of the diameter D and which is given by the formula ? (D) = 56,722 U7 - 181,150 U6 + 226,700 U5 - 141,660 U4 + 46,435 U3 - 7,501.2 U2 + 667.51 U + 264.97 with U = (D-205)/220, in which D is expressed in millimeters.
3. The wheel disk according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that (d) the value of the diameter D3 is less than a value b which is a function of the diameter D4 and which is given by the formula b (D4) = 17,549 x7 - 63,951 x6 + 89,945 x5 - 61,771 x4 + 21,850 x3 - 3.955 x2 + 527.37 x + 365.45 with x = (D4 - 419.1)/203.2, in which D4 is expressed in millimiters.
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FR7820426A FR2429675A1 (en) 1978-06-30 1978-06-30 ROAD VEHICLE WHEEL DISC
FR7820426 1978-06-30

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ES (1) ES482066A1 (en)
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