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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6629736 | Fabricated vehicle wheel This invention relates to an improved fabricated vehicle wheel. According to one embodiment of the invention, the vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim having a plurality of holes formed therein; a wheel disc having a central mounting surface and a plurality... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6517169 | Spoked wheel for a bicycle A spoked wheel includes a wheel hub, an annular wheel rim, and a plurality of spoke units which are connected between the wheel hub and the wheel rim. The wheel hub has left and right surrounding mounts with left and right sets of first anchored loci. The... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6231127 | Automobile wheel with twisted link lace spokes This invention is an ornamental design for wheel rims of cars and trucks. The design is in the shape of tire chains that are twisted and simulate wheel spokes. These twisted link lace rims are manufactured out of 4140 grade steel and conventional stainles... | 05/15/2001 |
| 4930843 | Hollow shell fiber reinforced resin impregnated bicycle wheel construction and method therefor A bicycle wheel is disclosed having no more than five airfoil shaped spokes linking a central hub to a peripheral rim in a blown and hollow fiber reinforced construction with resulting improvements of wheel spoke windage, overall wheel weight and rim iner... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4538332 | Method for threading spokes on a spoke wheel hub The invention relates to a brake support (2) holding a hub (3) in a substantially horizontal position, a positioning head (12) and spoke feed and guide members (40,42,44,46). The position of the holes of the hub is detected by a positioning needle (9), lo... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4448456 | Wire spoke wheel hub assembly Presented is a wire spoke wheel and hub assembly that simulates the popular racing wheels in that it projects a small diameter hub, while providing the requisite load bearing characteristics so necessary with modern day wheels. Structurally, the assembly ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4339859 | Wire spoke automotive wheel manufacturing method A wire spoke, non-suspension type, automotive wheel is provided in which spokes are operably untensioned prior to vehicle loads being placed upon the wheel. An outer tubeless tire rim with a drop center is mounted to a wheel center. The wheel center inclu... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4319785 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel including a rim, a hub, and a plurality of spoke plates connecting the rim and hub together. Each of the spoke plates comprises a pair of axially opposite plate members each including a pair of marginal edge portions turned at an angle to ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4312410 | Rotary earth crumbling implement In a rotary earth crumbler having a central shaft (1) with mounting discs (2) fast thereon and an annular series of U-shaped resilient stirrups (3), the leg portions of these stirrups are formed with an outwardly convex curved section (12) which extends i... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4256346 | Wheels for vehicles, such as motorcycles An improved wheel construction for a motorcycle or other vehicle wherein a wheel hub is combined wih a wheel rim by a plurality of pairs of radially-extending trapezoidal-shaped spoke members, each pair including two symmetrically opposed spoke members. I... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4240483 | Spoked wheel A wheel for lessening rolling resistance and other forces that retard the rolling of the wheel consisting of a circular wheel rim, a hub member positioned concentrically within the wheel rim and a spoke arrangement connecting the wheel rim with the hub me... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4226478 | Wire spoke wheel An automotive vehicle wheel having a solid wheel body, provided with replaceable rows of inner and outer spokes. The spokes are purely ornamental and are readily replaceable in the event of damage. Such replaceability is made possible by providing each sp... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4181365 | Wheels for motorcycles A spokeless wheel for a motorcycle or other vehicle is made by combining a wheel hub with a wheel rim through several sets of plates, wherein each set includes two opposed plates. In the vertical cross-section, the plates form an isosceles triangle with t... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4153267 | Wheels for land vehicles such as motorcycles A land vehicle such as a motorcycle has front and rear wheels which support the frame of the vehicle. The front and rear wheels are of substantially the same diameter and each include a hub, spokes, and a rim. The spokes of the rear wheel are substantiall... | 05/08/1979 |
| 3977728 | Wheel A wheel comprising a plurality of wheel plies, each wheel ply including concentric inner and outer hoops and a plurality of circumferentially spaced spoke loops therebetween, wherein each of the spoke loops is entrapped within the hoops. In one embodiment... | 08/31/1976 |
