摘要 |
A tire stud and the method of making same. The tire stud includes an elongated metal body having a head at one end and a shank extending from the head with a cavity extending into the shank toward the head. In making the completed stud, the body is disposed in a bore having a shank receiving portion and a smaller portion which is generally of the same cross sectional area as the cavity and which extends upwardly from the cavity to an opening. Material is disposed through the opening to fill the cavity and at least a part of the smaller portion of the bore above the cavity. These materials include particles made of carbon grains sintered together by a binder such as cobalt and an additional filler metal powder. The filler metal powder is melted so as to fill the spaces between the particles and thereafter solidifies to form a composite of the particles bonded together by the filler material. |