VEHICLE WHEEL WITH NUMBER OF SPOKES NOT LESS THAN THREE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; road vehicle wheels. SUBSTANCE: wheel has rim with front and rear flanges 1, central hub portion 2 and spokes 3 connecting rim and hub. Side surfaces of each pair of spokes are made over arc of circumference with center in plane passing through axis if wheel and longitudinal axis of symmetry of third spoke which is bisector of angle between two first spokes. Side surfaces of two adjacent spokes are mated with each other and with surface of hub over arcs with radii in center of plane passing through bisector of angle between two adjacent spokes. The latter in axial direction are made with variable thickness increasing towards the hub. EFFECT: increased rigidity, reduced weight of wheel. 5 dwg