Appeal No. 1998-1289
Application 07/906,492
outboard rim part 12 includes a stepped cylindrical
extension 14 which fits within a stepped cylindrical
portion 13 on the inboard rim part 11. These
interfitting cylindrical components define an annular
groove for accommodating an injected thermosetting or
thermoplastic member which locks the disc 2 and rim part
11 together. When assembled, the wheel includes inboard
and outboard tire bead seats and retaining flanges
(corresponding to seats 4 and flanges 5 in the Figure 1
embodiment) and a depressed central portion or well
(corresponding to central portion 3 in the Figure 1
embodiment) formed by the interfitting cylindrical
components 13 and 14.
The disclosure in Ware pertaining to Figure 7 meets,
or would have suggested, a wheel producing method
responding to all of the limitations in claim 24 except
for those relating to the formation of the rims from a
double rim member. In this regard, Ware does not specify
how the “rim” component (inboard rim part 11) of the
wheel shown in Figure 7 is made.
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