Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drainable vehicle wheel and vehicle incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 排水车轮和车辆结合相同
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Application No.: US12011252Application Date: 2008-01-25
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Publication No.: US07740324B2Publication Date: 2010-06-22
- Inventor: Masayuki Fujita
- Applicant: Masayuki Fujita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier, Blackman & Associates, P.C.
- Agent William D. Blackman; Joseph P. Carrier
- Priority: JP2007-025788 20070205
- Main IPC: B60B1/08
- IPC: B60B1/08 ; B60B1/12

Abstract:
A drainable vehicle wheel having a hub, a plurality of spokes extending radially from the hub and a rim having tips ends of the spokes connected thereto. Each of the plurality of spokes has a hollow portion and a plurality of water-discharge hole formed therein. The hub has an outer hollow portion formed by a plurality of walls, and one the walls has a drain hole formed therein. The outer hollow portion of the hub is fluidly connected to a hollow portion formed in each of the spokes. A wall of the tip end portion of each of spokes is thickened or reinforced to increase stiffness of the spokes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080185905A1 Drainable vehicle wheel and vehicle incorporating same Public/Granted day:2008-08-07
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