Abstract: A steering knuckle assembly for a motor vehicle. The steering knuckle assembly includes a stamped knuckle housing which provides attachment points for various suspension components, including a steering arm. The knuckle housing is formed with a pair of generally spaced apart, opposing side walls being connected by an integral transverse wall. Opposite of the transverse wall, a steering arm link bridges the gap between the side walls thereby increasing the resistance of the knuckle housing to bending and torsional loads. Extending off of one end the steering arm link is a mounting arm which provides an attachment point for the steering arm.

Abstract: A motor vehicle wheel having an annular wheel rim and a wheel disc in which the flange of the wheel disc is formed with a frustoconical outer surface for engagement with and attachment to a frustoconical inner surface of the wheel rim enabling the disc to be attached to the wheel rim at an inclined, larger diameter section of the wheel rim than the drop center well or the inflation ledge of the rim. This increases the size of the internal envelope formed by the wheel assembly thus increasing clearance for vehicle components within the wheel envelope, such as the brake assembly. Alternatively, a larger brake assembly may be utilized.