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Abstract

Provided is a vehicle wheel with a sub-air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator attached to a rim. The sub-air chamber member includes a main body having a sub-air chamber therein, a tubular body providing communication between the sub-air chamber and a tire air chamber, and a cover member covering the main body. The main body is disposed on a rim inner circumferential surface portion of the rim present on an inner side of the rim in a wheel radial direction and extending in a wheel width direction. The tubular body is disposed in a through-hole provided in the rim so as to provide communication between the inner side of the rim in the wheel radial direction and the tire air chamber side. The cover member covers the main body from an inner side in the wheel radial direction.

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