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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360847 | Bicycle hub A bicycle hub includes an axle, a hub shell and a plurality of fixing elements. The hub shell is rotatably disposed about the axle. The hub shell has a plurality of fixing portions disposed at an end thereof. Each of the fixing portions has a pair of spoke guide ope... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7306292 | Bicycle hub A bicycle hub has an axle and a hub shell rotatably disposed about the axle with a plurality of fixing portions disposed at opposite ends of the hub shell. Each of the fixing elements has a pair of spoke attachment structures to attach a pair of inner ends of a pair... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7192098 | Bicycle rim A bicycle rim includes a tire attachment portion a spoke attachment portion and a plurality of reinforcement members fixedly coupled to the spoke attachment portion at attachment openings to effectively increase the thickness of the spoke attachment portion at the a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7070245 | Bicycle wheel having a rim and a hub connected by spokes A bicycle wheel having spokes (4) stretched between a hub (1) and a rim (3), wherein in order to increase durability with optimizing the number of spoke crossing, a hub collar surface (6) is provided parallel with an elevation angle (5... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6961999 | Lightweight bicycle wheel rim and method for producing it A deep V-section aero rim for a tensioned spoke wheel and a method for producing it are disclosed. The rim is produced by extruding an alloy to produce a rim profile, rolling the extrusion, cutting the rolled extrusion to length, joining the free ends to produce a r... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6811228 | Wheel having spoke solidly coupling device A wheel for cycles includes a wheel rim having a number of orifices each formed by a peripheral flange, a number of couplers engaged into the orifices of the wheel rim and each having a screw hole threaded with fasteners. A number of spokes each has one end engaged ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6557946 | Spoke nipple, especially for bicycles and the like The present invention relates to a spoke nipple for bicycle wheels and similar contrivances comprising a body having a longitudinal axis in which a drill hole is disposed essentially concentrically to said longitudinal axis. A screw thread is provided ext... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6409279 | Bicycle wheel with a hub provided with mounting seats for mounting spokes thereon A bicycle wheel includes a hub and a plurality of mounting seats arranged around the hub and pivoted to the hub for pivoting about axes parallel to an axis of the hub. A plurality of spokes have outer ends mounted on a wheel rim, and inner ends mounted on... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6213562 | Bicycle wheel with reinforced rim A bicycle wheel basically has a hub, a plurality of spokes extending outwardly from the hub and an annular rim coupled to the outer ends of the spokes for supporting a tire. The annular rim has a spoke attachment portion with a plurality of openings for r... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205664 | Spoke-nipple and a method for its manufacture A spoke nipple comprises a body of substantially undeformable material with a head and a shank which have an at least partially threaded axial hole for housing the thread of a spoke, and with a perforated insert of substantially deformable material fixed ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6068349 | Bicycle wheel hub housing, web, and flange assembly for bicycle et al, with maintenance of chain on sprocket cogs Spoked wheel assemblies (22, 55) having included angles (50, 70) about a center line (20) passing through tire rims (25, 78) and a midway point on a distance between forks, yielding uniform tension in their sets of spokes (30, 31/76, 77) forming the inclu... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6010197 | Hub for spoked wheels A hub for aligning a plurality of spokes on a spoked wheel. The hub has a cylindrical hub sleeve and a hub axis extending centrally through the hub sleeve. The hub includes a flange-type hub head disposed at one end of the hub sleeve and extending circumf... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5795036 | Bicycle rear wheel The hub of a rear wheel of a race bicycle is deprived of radial flanges for connection to the spokes. The spokes have straight end portions, which are not bent in an elbow-like fashion, and are received in respective front cavities formed on the end surfa... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5429421 | Hub for a spoked wheel A hub (10) for a spoked wheel includes flanges (18) having a plurality of open-topped slots (20) for receiving spokes (22). The hub is designed for use with spokes having an elongated shaft portion (30) and an enlarged head portion (32). The slots have an... | 07/04/1995 |
