| 摘要 |
An improved vehicle wheel and method for producing the same, the vehicle wheel including a rim including at least an inboard portion, generally axially extending well, and an outboard portion, and a disc including at least an inner annular wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion. The disc is joined to the rim by a non-vacuum electron beam welding process to produce a vehicle wheel including an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a well, an outboard tire bead seat, and an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange. The method for producing the vehicle wheel includes the steps of: (a) providing a rim including at least an inboard portion, generally axially extending well, and an outboard portion; (b) providing a disc defining a disc axis and including at least an inner annular wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion; (c) initially joining the rim and the disc together by a plurality of tack welds; and (d) joining the rim and the disc together by a non-vacuum electron beam welding process to produce the vehicle wheel, the non-vacuum electron beam welding process joining the rim and the disc together by a single continuous at least 360 DEG weld. |
