Overmolded wheel-balancing weight

摘要

A plastic wheel-balancing weight adapted to be removably secured to a wheel to correct an unbalanced wheel to prevent undesired vibrations when the wheel is rotating, the plastic wheel-balancing weight comprising a wheel-securing clip sized and designed to be resiliently secured to a wheel, and a steel weight assembled to the wheel-securing clip and at least partially covered with plastic, at least a portion of the plastic being shaped by the wheel-securing clip. An overmolded wheel-balancing weight comprising a wheel-securing clip adapted to be secured to a wheel, a weight assembled to the wheel-securing clip and overmolding material adapted to at least partially cover the weight to protect the weight, wherein at least a portion of the wheel-securing clip is an overmolding material boundary. A method of manufacturing same and a mold thereof is also provided.

主权项

1. A polymer overmolded wheel-balancing weight comprising:
a wheel-securing clip adapted to be secured to a wheel, the wheel-securing clip comprising
a weight-securing portion at a first end thereof,a wheel-securing portion at a second end thereof, the wheel-securing portion comprising a cavity on a first side thereof adapted to receive therein a portion of the wheel to secure the wheel-balancing weight to the wheel, and a second side thereof, opposed to the cavity on the first side; anda projecting portion, distally extending on the first side, offset from the weight-securing portion, located between the wheel-securing portion and the weight-securing portion, the polymer overmolded wheel-balancing weight further comprising
a weight secured to the weight-securing portion of the wheel-securing clip; andovermolding polymer material adapted to at least partially cover the weight to protect the weight.