VEHICLE WHEEL Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; wheels. SUBSTANCE: wheel has rim with front and rear flanges, central hub part with side surface, other than cylindrical, and spokes connecting rim with hub. Thickness of spokes increases in direction of hub. Side surfaces of spokes are made to arc of circumference with center off the wheel. Centers of arcs of circumferences forming side surfaces of each spoke are located on surface whose generating line passes through point of intersection of normal dropped from center of wheel with rim at angle relative to normal other than right angle. Arcs of circumferences pass through points located on generating line at distance of 0.4 - 0.6 of minimum thickness of spoke at both sides from normal, and at least one of side surfaces of spokes is formed by arc of circumference with center off the wheel. EFFECT: enlarged designing capabilities in making of wheels with asymmetrical shape of spokes. 3 cl, 3 dwg