Ex parte ARCHIBALD et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1998-1289                                                        
          Application 07/906,492                                                      


            cylindrical extension into the cylindrical well portion                   
            on the rims; whereby said tire sealing beads seat                         
            respectively on said disc and said rim at respective                      
            sealing bead seats thereof.                                               

                 31.  A method for producing a vehicle wheel assembly                 
            comprising the steps of:                                                  
                 (a) providing a wheel disc which includes an                         
            outboard tire retaining flange;                                           
                 (b) forming a unitary dual rim preform comprising                    
            two connected partial wheel rims, the preform formed with                 
            an inboard tire retaining flange connected to an inboard                  
            tire bead seat at each axial end;                                         
                 (c) determining a distinct axial length for each                     
            partial wheel rim;                                                        
                 (d) splitting the preform to produce two separate                    
            partial wheel rims having predetermined axial lengths,                    
            each partial wheel rim including an inboard tire                          
            retaining flange connected to an inboard tire bead seat                   
            at one axial end and a joining edge at an opposite axial                  
            end;                                                                      
                 (e) positioning the wheel disc and one of the                        
            partial wheel rims in a fixture for locating the disc and                 
            the rim coaxially with the joining edge of the wheel rim                  
            adjacent to a portion of the wheel disc; and                              
                 (f) attaching the wheel disc to the wheel rim to                     
            form the wheel assembly.                                                  






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