Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
  • B60B3/00—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
  • B60B3/002—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body characterised by the shape of the disc
  • B60B3/005—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body characterised by the shape of the disc in the section adjacent to rim
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
  • B60B3/00—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
  • B60B3/002—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body characterised by the shape of the disc
  • B60B3/007—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body characterised by the shape of the disc in the intermediate section
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
  • B60B3/00—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
  • B60B3/04—Disc 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
  • B60B3/041—Disc 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 characterised by the attachment of rim to wheel disc
  • B60B3/044—Disc 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 characterised by the attachment of rim to wheel disc characterised by cross-sectional details of the attachment, e.g. the profile
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
  • B60B3/00—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
  • B60B3/12—Means of reinforcing disc bodies
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
  • B60B2900/00—Purpose of invention
  • B60B2900/10—Reduction of
  • B60B2900/133—Noise

Definitions

• the invention relates to a wheel for a vehicle, and in particular a wheel having particular acoustic damping properties.
• the origins of these noises in the passenger compartment are very varied. Mention may be made of the noises due to the engine, or of aerodynamic origin, or linked to various hydraulic pumps or the rolling noises of tires on the road.
• patent application JP 4-87803 proposes to introduce a wall into the internal cavity of the tire to separate the internal air torus into two parts, substantially modify its vibration modes by moving them to the -beyond 500 Hz and thus attenuate the peaks of the hum of the body in the passenger compartment situated at around 250 Hz.
• Another mode of action is described in application JP 6-106903.
• This application proposes to introduce into the internal cavity of the tire an acoustically damping element, for example a foam, to attenuate the vibrations due to the resonance of the air core.
• curve nose of a wheel disc is understood to mean the part of the disc located axially furthest to outside (see Figure 1).
• the invention relates to a method for raising the frequencies of several of the natural modes of vibration of a vehicle wheel comprising a rim and a disc, in which the circumferential zone forming the curve nose of said disc is mechanically reinforced.
• the thickness of the disc at its axially outermost part is 10 to 150% greater than the thickness of the other parts of the disc.
• a continuous ferrule is fixed to the contour of the disc.
• this ferrule is arranged on the inner axial side of the wheel disc, but it can also be placed on the outer axial side. It is also possible to axially fix internally or externally to the contour of the disc a set of reinforcing elements, for example, a discontinuous ferrule.
• a wheel according to the invention the disc of which, at its curve nose, is mechanically reinforced relative to a usual mechanically optimized wheel profile, has at least two of its own modes of vibration shifted towards high frequencies.
• this wheel also has the advantage of allowing a significant reduction in the hum of the body perceived at the level of the passenger compartment of a vehicle equipped with such wheels.
• a wheel according to the invention can also comprise a mechanical connection between the disc and the reinforced rim beyond the strict necessary to resist the rolling forces to increase the frequencies of several of the natural modes of vibration of said wheel.
• the advantage of this embodiment of the invention is to increase the efficiency of the damping of the hum of the body in the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
• FIG. 1 shows a half-section of a conventional touring wheel made of sheet steel
• FIG. 3 to 6 illustrate the four usual vibration modes of the wheel of Figure 1, with (a) an undeformed wheel and (b) the same wheel with amplified deformation;
• - Figure 7 shows a wheel with a curved nose reinforcement and a disc / rim connection reinforcement;
• FIG. 9 shows a wheel with a curve nose reinforcement disposed axially internally
• FIG. 10 shows a wheel with a discontinuous curve nose reinforcement
• FIG. 11 shows several embodiments of disc / rim connection reinforcements
• FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of a disc / rim connection reinforcement in the case of a disc / rim assembly under seat.
• FIG. 1 a wheel 1 of reference "5 l / 2Jxl4CHA-4-36" usual passenger vehicle sheet steel.
• This wheel comprises a rim 10 and a disc 20.
• the rim 10 Taking as a reference the position of the disc 20 relative to the median plane of the wheel 1, to define the axially outer and inner sides, the rim 10 has two inner 1 1 and outer 12 hooks , two interior 13 and exterior 14 seats, two interior 15 and exterior 16 anti-loosening bosses or "humps" and a rim recess 17.
• the disc includes a hub bearing 21, a curve cup 22, a curve nose 23, a perforation zone 25 and a fitting zone 26 under the rim recess 17 of the rim 10.
• the curve nose 23 is the axially outermost part of the disc.
• This wheel has a mechanically optimized profile and is produced by stamping steel sheets. Consequently, the thicknesses of the different parts of the disc 20 and of the rim 10 are substantially constant.
• disc 20 There are two eigen modes of disc, so called because it is mainly disc 20 which deforms.
• the first proper disc mode called disc tilting mode
• This proper mode is situated around 271 Hz and corresponds to a tilting of the entire rim 10 around an axis included in the plane. disc hub distance 20.
• the second proper mode of disc called pumping mode (FIG. 5) is located around 513 Hz. This proper mode corresponds to a pumping movement of the disc 20 which deforms axially on either side of the rim 10.
• rim modes In the two other eigenmodes, it is mainly the rim which deforms. They are called rim modes.
• FIG. 3 presents the first proper mode of rim in which there is an ovalization of the two rim hooks in phase opposition. This eigen mode is located around 250 Hz and it is called harmonic ovalization mode 2.
• the second proper rim mode ( Figure 6) is around 670 Hz. It again corresponds to an ovalization of the two rim hooks in phase opposition but of higher order. It is called harmonic ovalization mode 3.
• the vehicle hum analysis analysis test is carried out by placing a mannequin fitted with microphones in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. Microphone output signals are recorded and analyzed in acoustic power, overall and in third octave bands. The results of a test are presented by the variation of the acoustic powers of the tested solution relative to the acoustic powers of a reference.
• FIG. 7 shows a wheel 1 equipped with two reinforcements according to the invention.
• the contour nose reinforcement 31 is a curved ferrule assembled by bonding and welding to the outer wall of this contour nose 23.
• This reinforcement 31 has a thickness identical to that of the other parts of the disc 20. Consequently, the thickness total of the curve nose 23 is here doubled relative to the normal thickness of the curve nose 23 of the wheel 1 of FIG. 1.
• the reinforcement 32 for disc / rim connection is a straight ferrule two millimeters thick welded under the outer seat 14 on the one hand, and at the connection 27 between the fitting zone 26 under the groove 17 and openwork area 25.
• the wheel S3 logically has all of its natural modes of vibration shifted towards the high frequencies (from 63 to 138 Hz).
• a vehicle test was carried out to determine whether or not these different wheels changed the intensity of the rolling noises perceived in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, the hum of the body.
• the vehicle was a Renault Mégane equipped with four identical wheels corresponding to the solution tested with Michelin MXT E tires, test speed: 80 km / h.
• Table 2 presents the results of the overall analysis of the tests carried out.
• FIG. 8 presents the results of the analysis in third octave bands of the test on the preceding vehicle.
• FIG. 9 is presented a wheel 1, the disc 20 of which comprises a reinforcement 41 of continuous curve nose 23 disposed axially internally.
• a wheel disc can be obtained by welding such a reinforcement 41 after or during the production by stamping of this wheel disc made of sheet steel or aluminum. It is also possible to obtain an equivalent disc by varying the thickness of the disc in the region of the curve nose 23 by flow spinning or pushing back steel or aluminum sheets.
• Such wheel discs can also belong to wheels produced by molding or forging followed, if necessary, by machining until the desired profile is obtained.
• the reinforcements can also be discontinuous, such as those shown in FIG. 10.
• FIG. 10 we can see a touring wheel 1 having at the level of the curve nose 23 four reinforcements 51 regularly distributed over the circumference.
• Figure 1 1 shows a wheel 1 equipped with disc / rim connection reinforcements.
• the reinforcement 61 of disc / rim connection is a straight ferrule 66 with two support elements 64 against the seat 14 of the rim 10 and 65 against the connection zone 27 between the casing zone 26 and the openwork zone 25 of the disc 20.
• the reinforcement 62 of FIG. 11 (b) comprises, as before, a ferrule 67 with two support elements 64 and 65.
• the ferrule 67 is arched with a concavity facing the outside of the disc 20.
• the reinforcement 63 of FIG. 11 (c) has an arcuate ferrule 68, the concavity of which faces the inside of the disc 20.
• FIG. 12 shows a wheel 2 fitted with another example of reinforcement 73 for disc / rim connection.
• the assembly of the disc 70 is carried out under the outer seat 14 of the rim 10 with a concavity of the casing zone 72 turned towards the outside of the disc 70.
• the reinforcement 73 joins the radially outer end of the openwork area 71 of the disc 70 and the rim recess 17. This solution is particularly effective in terms of shifting the natural modes of vibration of the rim.

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