Process for manufacturing a light alloy wheel rim and wheel rim resulting therefrom

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8046900
APP PUB NO 20070278849A1
SERIAL NO

10592133

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Process (20) for manufacturing a wheel rim (1) in light alloy including the following operations: providing (21) a rough wheel rim in light ally, comprising a wheel disc (2) and an annular portion (3), the annular portion (3) including a first (4I) and a second (4e) bead defining a drop well (C) having a first profile; processing (23) the rough wheel rim, modifying the first profile in order to obtain a second profile being of a lower thickness than the first profile, at least at an intermediate portion (C1) of the drop well (C), characterized by including a finishing operation (25) of a surface of the second profile intermediate portion by means of a compression action of said surface, the finishing operation leaving the low thickness substantially unchanged.

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HAYES LEMMERZ S R L25020 DELLO BS

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Afeltra, Umberto Dello, IT 4 9

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