Abstract: A vehicle wheel has a Helmholtz resonator (sub-air chamber member) mounted thereon with an adhesive material, and a thickness of the adhesive material on a part (adhesive strength increasing part) of the Helmholtz resonator on which centrifugal force acts strongly during rotation of the wheel is set to be thicker than a thickness of the adhesive material on other parts (regular part) of the Helmholtz resonator. When the thickness of the adhesive material is increased, peel strength of the adhesive material is enhanced accordingly.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle wheel with which manufacturing costs can be reduced. The vehicle wheel includes a sub air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator on a well portion of a rim. The sub air chamber member includes a protrusion portion which protrudes toward the rim, and the rim has a hole portion into which the protrusion portion is inserted to engage with the sub air chamber.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion with an outer circumferential surface, the well portion having a recessed portion formed on the outer circumferential surface; a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator; and a joining member including a joining portion disposed in the recessed portion. The sub-air chamber member is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion via the joining member.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a well portion having an outer peripheral surface on which a vertical wall extending in a circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel is formed; and a Helmholtz resonator attached to a side surface of the vertical wall and to the outer peripheral surface of the well portion with an adhesive.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a wheel body; a single Helmholtz resonator; and a suspension member slidably engaged with the wheel body and suspending the Helmholtz resonator inside a tire air chamber from the wheel body.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a rim and a sub-air chamber member attached to the rim and serving as a Helmholtz resonator that cancels air column resonance noise in a tire air chamber. The sub-air chamber member includes: a main body portion including a top plate, a bottom plate, and a side plate connecting between the top plate and the bottom plate, the main body portion defining an inner space surrounded by the top plate, the bottom plate, and the side plate and serving as a sub-air chamber; and a communication through-hole that allows communication between the tire air chamber and the sub-air chamber. The main body portion further includes a substantially cone-shaped portion formed integrally with the bottom plate and the side plate.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion and a guide member; and a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator. The well portion has an outer circumferential surface extending in a wheel circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel. The guide member engages with the sub-air chamber member to guide the sub-air chamber member on the outer circumferential surface in the wheel circumferential direction, thereby to attach the sub-air chamber member to the rim.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a pair of rail members configured as separate members from the rim and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion of a rim of a wheel; and a sub air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator and disposed between and supported by the rail members. A method of manufacturing the vehicle wheel is also provided. The method includes the steps of: fixing the pair of rail members to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion; and attaching the sub air chamber member to the well portion through the pair of rail members such that the sub air chamber member is supported between the pair of rail members, wherein the rail member fixing step includes fixing the pair of rail members using a jig with the rail members spaced apart by the predetermined distance.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel resonator includes: a resonator main body which is mounted on a vehicle wheel in a tire air chamber between the vehicle wheel and a tire, to define a sub-air chamber; and a communication hole through which the sub-air chamber communicates with the tire air chamber. The communication hole has a first cross-sectional area having a first channel cross-sectional area and a second cross-sectional area having a second channel cross-sectional area. The first channel cross-sectional area is smaller than the second channel cross-sectional area.

Abstract: An auxiliary air chamber member includes: a lower surface arranged on the outer circumferential surface side of a well section; an upper surface arranged outward from the lower surface; an auxiliary air chamber formed between the upper surface and the lower surface; a pair of edges that join the lower surface and the upper surface on both sides in the width direction and that engage with the well section; and a plurality of joining sections that partially join the upper surface and the lower surface as a result of being sunk into the interior of the auxiliary air chamber from the upper surface and the lower surface between one edge and the other edge along the wheel width direction Y. The joining points of the individual joining sections are arranged on the strong axis of the cross-sectional main axis of the auxiliary air chamber member in an axial right section.

Abstract: A sub-air chamber member includes: a lower surface portion disposed proximate to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion; an upper surface portion disposed radially outside of the lower surface portion; a pair of edge portions engaging with the well portion. A space portion is positioned above the upper surface portion, the space portion being formed by a part of the upper surface portion and an inner wall surface of the well portion. A strong axis of principal axes of a section of the sub-air chamber member perpendicular to an axis of the sub-air chamber member is inclined by a first predetermined angle relative to a wheel width direction Y.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel that is capable of preventing water, moisture, or the like in a tire air chamber from entering an auxiliary air chamber through a communicating hole. The vehicle wheel includes: an auxiliary air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator attached onto an outer peripheral surface of a well portion in the tire air chamber; a first and second vertical walls provided respectively at a first and a second rising portions of a rim forming the well portion, wherein the auxiliary air chamber member includes: an auxiliary air chamber inside thereof, and a communication hole allowing the auxiliary air chamber to communicate with the tire air chamber, wherein the communication hole is placed at an end of the of the auxiliary air chamber member along a circumferential axis of the vehicle wheel, and a clearance is formed between the communication hole and the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle wheel including a sub air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator which is mounted to a well portion. The sub air chamber member includes engaged portions, to be engaged with engaging portions (hooking portions) formed in the well portion, along both end edges in a wheel width direction, and each of the engaged portions of the sub air chamber member includes a folded claw to engage with the engaging portion (hooking portion) of the well portion.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle wheel with which manufacturing costs can be reduced. The vehicle wheel includes a sub air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator on a well portion of a rim. The sub air chamber member includes a protrusion portion which protrudes toward the rim, and the rim has a hole portion into which the protrusion portion is inserted to engage with the sub air chamber.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a pair of rail members configured as separate members from the rim and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion of a rim; and a sub air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator and disposed between and supported by the rail members. A distance between the pair of rail members in a wheel width direction becomes gradually narrower from the outer circumferential surface of the well portion toward outside in a wheel radial direction that is orthogonal to the wheel width direction. Further, the pair of rail members have inner surfaces located to face the outer circumferential surface in the wheel radial direction, and the sub air chamber member has a contour to conform with the inner surfaces of the pair of rail members.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a pair of rail members configured as separate members from the rim and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion of a rim of a wheel; and a sub air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator and disposed between and supported by the rail members. A method of manufacturing the vehicle wheel is also provided. The method includes the steps of: fixing the pair of rail members to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion; and attaching the sub air chamber member to the well portion through the pair of rail members such that the sub air chamber member is supported between the pair of rail members, wherein the rail member fixing step includes fixing the pair of rail members using a jig with the rail members spaced apart by the predetermined distance.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a rim and a sub-air chamber member attached to the rim and serving as a Helmholtz resonator that cancels air column resonance noise in a tire air chamber. The sub-air chamber member includes: a main body portion including a top plate, a bottom plate, and a side plate connecting between the top plate and the bottom plate, the main body portion defining an inner space surrounded by the top plate, the bottom plate, and the side plate and serving as a sub-air chamber; and a communication through-hole that allows communication between the tire air chamber and the sub-air chamber. The main body portion further includes a substantially cone-shaped portion formed integrally with the bottom plate and the side plate.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion and a guide member, and a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator. The well portion has an outer circumferential surface extending in a wheel circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel. The guide member has a rail-like shape and extends in the wheel circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface. The guide member engages with the sub-air chamber member to guide the sub-air chamber member in the wheel circumferential direction, thereby to attach the sub-air chamber member to the rim.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion and a guide member; and a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator. The well portion has an outer circumferential surface extending in a wheel circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel. The guide member engages with the sub-air chamber member to guide the sub-air chamber member on the outer circumferential surface in the wheel circumferential direction, thereby to attach the sub-air chamber member to the rim.

Abstract: The vehicle wheel (1) of the present invention is characterized by including: a main body (13) which forms a sub air chamber (SC) in a space surrounded by a top plate (25a), a bottom plate (25b) and a pair of side plates (25c, 25d); and edge portions (14a, 14b) which extend from the main body (13), and are respectively fitted into a pair of grooves (17a, 17b) formed in a well portion (11c) so as to attach the main body (13) to the well portion (11c). The edge portions (14a, 14b) respectively extend from the joints (25e, 25f) between the top plate (25a) and the side plates (25c, 25d).