Method of manufacturing solid ring wheel rims

Abstract

A solid forged cylindrical ring with no welds is machined to form a cycle wheel rim for a spoked wheel. Holes are drilled in the inner perimeter of the rim to receive spokes from the hub. This process can produce rims used an many other forms of wheel assemblies.

1 . A method of making a wheel rim for a spoked vehicular wheel, the method comprising: 
 a first step of forming a solid non-welded cylindrical ring from a high strength material;    a second step of machining the cylindrical ring to shape the cylindrical ring into a vehicular wheel rim configured to support a vehicular tire around an outside perimeter of the rim;    and a third step of drilling a series of holes around an inner perimeter of the rim to receive a series of spokes from a wheel hub in the series of holes.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises forging a solid block of high strength material into a ring.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises hot stamping a solid block of high strength material into a ring.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises hot rolling a solid block of high strength material into a ring.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises hammering a solid block of hot high strength material into a ring.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises casting a molten high strength material into a solid ring.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises extruding a high strength material into a pipe cut into a series of rings.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the second step comprises making a finished rim from the cylindrical ring by at least one process taken from the list of processes including working the ring on a CNC lathe, milling the ring on a CNC milling machine, working the ring on a manual lathe, and cutting the ring with a knife or any other object.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the cylindrical ring is formed from a block of material taken from a list of materials including aluminum, Titanium, steel, plastic, and any other structurally rigid material which can be forged or produced into a solid chunk.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the vehicle wheel rim is a wheel rim taken from the list of wheel rims including a cycle wheel rim, a cart wheel rim, a car wheel rim, and any moving wheeled conveyance wheel rim.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the rims are aluminum cycle rims turned from forged rings.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first step comprises using contoured rollers to roll forged high strength material into a ring close to an actual desired rim size.