A vehicle wheel may include a rim for receiving a tire and a wheel disk attached to the rim in a cohesive connection, in a force-fitting connection, and/or a form-fitting connection, with an attachment region for releasably attaching to a wheel mount. The wheel disk may be formed of a steel workpiece that is heat-treated at least in certain regions. To provide a utility vehicle wheel vehicle wheel having high operational strength and reliability relative to the prior art, the wheel disk may have at least in a transition region for attaching to the rim a heat-treated structure with at least one of a tensile strength of between 500 and 1300 MPa or a hardness of between 150 and 400 HV 0.1.

A wheel includes a rim having a rim well and rim flanges, a hub, and at least three spoke elements. Each spoke element forms at least one spoke between the hub and the rim. The spoke elements are fastened to an inside of the rim in a form-closed manner or a form-closed and bonded manner. In the hub region, the spoke elements are supported on each other in a circumferential direction at abutting surfaces designed therefor. A method for producing the wheel is provided.

A spoke-to-rim reinforcing connector of a composite wheel. The composite wheel has a rim portion with a complementary rim fibre layup and a circumferential axis, and a face portion with a hub and spokes interconnecting the rim portion and the hub, each spoke having a complementary spoke fibre layup. The spoke-to-rim reinforcing connector comprises at least one spoke saddle and at least two rim tabs. The spoke saddle has a seat portion extending around an end portion, about the spoke axis, and over a face surface of the spoke fibre layup, and at least two spoke legs that extend over the sides of the spoke fibre layup. Each rim tab extends from a spoke leg perpendicularly to the spoke axis and is configured to be incorporated into the rim fibre layup. The connector has a continuous body having a fibre orientation extending perpendicular to the spoke axis.

The present application relates to an ultra-lightweight steel wheel for a commercial vehicle. The wheel has excellent material characteristics and an advanced design, and consists of a rim for mounting a tire, and a disc having a hub flange for detachably connecting to a wheel hub or axle, wherein the rim and/or disc is made of a heat-treated and hardened steel material with a carbon content between 0.18 wt % and 0.37 wt %, and the disc and/or rim principally consists of a martensitic microstructure and has a tensile strength of at least 900 MPa. The maximum thickness of the rim is less than 4.50 mm and/or the maximum thickness of the disc is less than 12.00 mm, wherein the value of the product of the wheel diameter and the wheel width divided by the wheel mass is greater than 4000 mm.sup.2/kg.

A two-piece wheel may have a first section and a second section. The wheel has areas of varying diameter across its width, and the first second and the second section are joined at the area of the wheel with the smallest diameter. The first section can be a spoke section with spokes extending from the central hub and the second section can be a barrel section.

A vehicle wheel includes a rim having an inner peripheral surface, and a center disc. The center disc includes a disc portion, and an arm plate portion extending radially outward from the disc portion. The arm plate portion includes an outer boundary defined by a plurality of arc outer peripheral surfaces and a plurality of concave boundary surfaces. The plurality of arc outer peripheral surfaces have a radius equal to a radius of the inner peripheral surface of the rim. The plurality of arc outer peripheral surfaces are joined to the inner peripheral surface of the rim at a weld attachment interface to produce a plurality of holes defined by the plurality of concave boundary surfaces and the inner peripheral surface of the rim.

A wheel construction (10) including a rim (12), the rim having an inner flange (16) and an outer flange (18), each of the inner flange (16) and the outer flange (18) having a first end (16a, 18a) and a second end (16b, 18b), the first end (16a, 18a) of each of the inner and outer flange (16, 18) being positioned axially outwardly relative to the second end (16b, 18b) of the respective flange (16, 18), the rim (12) further including a central well (20) positioned between the inner flange (16) and the outer flange (18), a pair of bead seats (22, 24), one being positioned adjacent each flange (16, 18), each bead seat (22, 24) having an axially outer end (22a, 24a) which is connected to a second end (16b, 18b) of the respective flange (16, 18) by a flange connecting portion (26, 28), and an axially inner end (22b, 24b) which is connected to one of a pair of side parts (30, 32), each side part (30, 32) being positioned between the central well (20) and one of the inner flange (16) and outer flange (18), and connected to the central well (20) by a well connecting portion (34, 36), the axially outer end (22a, 24a) of each bead seat (22, 24) being positioned radially outwardly relative to the axially inner end (22b, 24b) of the respective bead seat (22, 24), wherein at least one of the inner flange (16) and the outer flange (18) includes an extended portion (17, 19) which extends radially inwardly, such that a free end (17a, 19a) of the extended portion (17, 19) is positioned radially inwardly relative to the first end (16a, 18a) of the respective flange (16, 18), and wherein at least one of the side parts (30, 32) includes a substantially straight portion (38, 40) and a curved portion (42, 44), a first end (38a, 40a) of the straight portion (38, 40) being positioned adjacent the respective bead seat (22, 24), and connected to the respective bead seat (22, 24) by a curved connecting portion (46, 48), and a second end (38b, 40b) of the straight portion (38, 40) being connected to the curved portion (42, 44) of the side part (30, 3