Title:
【発明の名称】複合型ホイールならびに同ホイールを製造する方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH11510752
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A composite styled wheel has a rigid wheel backbone with a plastic overlay on an outboard face thereof. The wheel backbone is positioned in a lower mold to define a mold cavity therebetween, and an upper mold seals through apertures in the wheel backbone. The lower mold has a ring-shaped forming surface that selectively abuts the outboard flange edge of the wheel backbone, and a riser which selectively engages the wheel backbone, and selectively positions the outboard flange edge a spaced apart distance from the forming surface to define a venting space therebetween. A reactive urethane mixture is injected into the mold cavity to fill at least a portion of the same, and flow the mixture through the venting space to evacuate air from the mold cavity. Before the mixture is fully cured, the riser is actuated, the wheel backbone and lower mold are converged, so that the outboard flange edge abuts the forming surface to seal off the venting space, and form over at least a portion of the outboard flange edge, a smooth, skinned, mold-formed outer portion of the plastic overlay.
Inventors:
Ashman, Richard, Jay
Skatinski, Paul, N
Charles W. Ruger
Skatinski, Paul, N
Charles W. Ruger
Application Number:
JP54307397A
Publication Date:
September 21, 1999
Filing Date:
May 30, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Kazumi Toyama
International Classes:
B29C33/00; B29C33/10; B60B3/04; B29C45/14; B29C45/34; B29C67/24; B29C70/68; B60B5/02; B60B7/00; B29C33/20; (IPC1-7): B29C45/34; B29C45/14; B60B3/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sanada Yuzo (2 outside)