Class 301/95.107 - Including reinforcing

Subclass of Class 301 - Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Definition: Subject matter wherein the rim or felly is strengthened.
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 04/12/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7922261	Cast wheel The invention relates to a cast wheel having a wheel rim base, a rear edge region, and a front edge region, wherein the front edge region is coupled to the rear edge region via the wheel rim base. The cast wheel includes at least one reduced-material portion structu...	04/12/2011
7431403	Wheel rim for bicycle A wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a horizontally disposed rim axis and an imaginary central plane that is perpendicular to the rim axis. The rim body includes a pair of annular side walls, an annular base wall, a pair of annular strengthening walls, an...	10/07/2008
7377595	Bicycle rim A bicycle rim is provided with an annular metallic rim member and a reinforcing member. The annular metallic rim member has a plurality of spoke attachment arcas with at least one spoke attachment opening in each of the spoke attachment areas and a plurality of inte...	05/27/2008
7350877	Bicycle rim A bicycle rim is provided with an annular metallic rim member and reinforcing member. The annular metallic rim member has a plurality of spoke attachment areas with a spoke attachment opening in each of the spoke attachment areas. The reinforcing member extends circ...	04/01/2008
7334846	Bicycle wheel rim A bicycle wheel rim having a circular base portion including a proximal surface and a distal surface, and a pair of integral sidewalls extending generally radially outward from an intersection region of the proximal surface and the distal surface. The distal surface...	02/26/2008
7331639	Bicycle rim A bicycle rim is configured with an annular metallic rim, a plurality of individual reinforcement members and at least one adhesive attachment material. The annular metallic rim has an annular tire attachment portion adapted to have a tire mounted thereon, and a spo...	02/19/2008
7309110	Wheel with composite rim produced by resin transfer molding A wheel formed by the assembly of a disc comprising a hub bearing surface, a transition zone and a radially outer edge, and of a rim with at least a first laminated composite structure formed of at least one fabric of long fibers which are oriented in two distinct d...	12/18/2007
7290839	Bicycle rim A bicycle rim is provided that includes a tire attachment portion, a spoke attachment portion and a plurality of reinforcement members. The spoke attachment portion is fixedly coupled with the tire attachment portion. The spoke attachment portion includes a pluralit...	11/06/2007
7258402	Method for producing a bicycle wheel rim, apparatus for implementing the method and bicycle wheel rim obtained thereby A bicycle wheel rim and a method of making a bicycle wheel rim are provided. The rim provided is made of a single part using structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material, with two circumferential flanges for anchoring the tire, which extend radi...	08/21/2007
7090307	Bicycle rim A bicycle rim is provided that includes a tire attachment portion, a spoke attachment portion and a plurality of reinforcement members. The spoke attachment portion is fixedly coupled with the tire attachment portion. The spoke attachment portion includes a pluralit...	08/15/2006
7029073	Lightweight wheel rim connected to spokes at two opposite sides thereof A lightweight wheel rim includes a pair of annular side walls, an annular inner wall, and two annular angle elements. The angle elements are disposed respectively at two opposite sides of the inner wall. Each of the angle elements has two opposite sides that are for...	04/18/2006
7025427	Wheel arrangement A wheel arrangement is provided which has reinforcing rings adjacent inboard and outboard tire bead seats. The outboard reinforcement ring has a radial width which is substantially greater than the radial width of the inboard reinforcement ring. ...	04/11/2006
6767069	Bicycle wheel rim having corner reinforcing members at junctions of a spoke mounting wall with tire retaining walls of a rim body A bicycle wheel rim includes an annular rim body having left and right annular tire retaining walls with inner edges connected to left and right edges of an annular spoke mounting wall. Each of a pair of annular corner reinforcing members is formed integrally with t...	07/27/2004
6719375	Wheel rim and wheel rim manufacturing method It is an object of the present invention to provide a wheel rim equipped with rim flanges that show no deformation or damage even though a reduction in weight is achieved. The wheel is equipped with rim flanges 3 consisting of a double structure in which the ...	04/13/2004
6715844	Tensioned spoked bicycle wheel assembly and method for connecting a spoke and rim therein An improved tensioned spoke bicycle wheel. The wheel comprises a hub, a rim, spokes and spoke nipples. A spoke that is connected to the left side of the hub is paired, at the rim, with a spoke that is connected to the right side of the hub. For each pair of spokes, ...	04/06/2004
6536849	Bicycle wheel 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 spoke openings...	03/25/2003
6474385	Welded vehicle wheel A welded vehicle wheel having a sectional rim which is connected to a nave or wheel disk in the area of the drop center by means of a weld seam, and which has standardized sections, in particular rim flange and bead seat area in terms of their axial and/o...	11/05/2002
6367883	Bicycle wheel A bicycle wheel includes a wheel rim and a plurality of spokes. The wheel rim includes spaced left and right tire retaining walls that are interconnected by a base wall. Each of the tire retaining walls is formed with a set of spoke mounting holes, each o...	04/09/2002
6138730	Light metal rim ring and method for constructing it A light metal rim ring for vehicle wheels made of an aluminum alloy with at least one multicavitied hollow profile (1) which has a reinforced, in particular a solid portion (2) for the attachment of a wheel disc (3) or spokes. In the method for constructi...	10/31/2000
6089672	Bicycle wheel rim A bicycle wheel rim adapted for mounting a plurality of spokes thereon includes spaced left and right tire retaining walls, an annular spoke mounting wall, an annular connecting wall, and left and right reinforcing walls. The spoke mounting wall interconn...	07/18/2000
6086161	High performance broad application wheel A wheel (10) with a rim (12) and at least one spoke (14) includes a rim (12) wherein the depth of the rim (12) varies circumferentially around the rim (12). At least one spoke (14) with a first end (16) connected to the rim (12) and a second end (18) conn...	07/11/2000
6074015	Sound absorbing wheel A rim and disk type wheel which is mechanically reinforced to raise the fuencies of several of the vibration modes of the wheel to attenuate the running noises heard in the passenger space....	06/13/2000
5975646	Rim for a spoked wheel particularly a bicycle rear wheel A rim of a spoked wheel, particularly for a bicycle rear wheel, comprises a hollow profile which the wheel arranged on a plane which is offset with respect to the median plane of the rim. the profile includes a reinforcing radial wall arranged in the cavi...	11/02/1999
5826949	Vehicle wheel having weight-reducing rim A wheel rim has spaced indentations in the rim to remove material from the rim and decrease wheel weight. The indentations may be elongated grooves, which are aligned with the axis of the wheel. The grooves are evenly spaced circumferentially about the wh...	10/27/1998
5549360	Minimum weight wheel rim A design arrangement is given, by means of which, the weight of a composite wheel rim may approach minimum. This is accomplished by locating high strength fiber bundles at extremes of the section. At other, less critical locations in the section less dens...	08/27/1996
5499864	Bicycle wheel rims The invention disclosed herein is a light weight, mountain bicycle competition wheel rim. The invention provides improved fatigue and impact resistance compared to prior art designs. The invention makes maximum use of advanced, high strength aluminum allo...	03/19/1996
5316377	Composite injection-blow molded wheel and method of fabrication A composite molded wheel assembly and method of construction wherein a separately formed injection molded tread is flow melt bonded to a blow molded rim. The tread may comprise multiple tread pieces which are spaced over a tread surface. Bond enhancing gr...	05/31/1994
5135288	Method and device for reinforcing a solid tire The invention provides a method of reinforcing a solid tire mounted upon a cylindrical hub such as, for example, a solid rubber fork lift truck tire. Tires have a solid flexible outer layer bonded to an inner cylindrical metal band. The hub is press fit w...	08/04/1992
5083842	Wheel strengthening structure and method A wheel for use in a high performance environment, such as racing, is provided with structure to increase the ability of the wheel to withstand fatigue stresses. The structure comprises an area of increased thickness provided on the rim of the wheel, loca...	01/28/1992
5080444	Vehicle wheel A wheel formed of a rim joined to a hub by a multi-spoke foam structure that is coated with a fiber reinforced resin material is defined by particular relationships between the spokes and the radiused sections joining the spokes to the hub and the rim....	01/14/1992
4650257	Heavy equipment tire rim A heavy equipment tire rim is constructed from stock shapes of metal. The base is a right cylinder. Flat radial annular disks are welded to the cylindrical base and support a steel cone having a cone angle of 15 degrees from the surface of the cylinder to...	03/17/1987
4294490	Fiber-reinforced composite wheel construction A fiber-reinforced composite vehicle wheel, and a method and apparatus for construction thereof. The wheel comprises a disc portion having reinforcing fibers in substantially random orientation disposed predominantly in planes perpendicular to the wheel a...	10/13/1981
4286825	Fabricated heavy-duty industrial wheel A drop center rim (11) of a fabricated heavy-duty industrial wheel (10) is fabricated from several pieces welded together and includes a backup ring (19) positioned within and welded to the inner periphery of a rim well (13). In some embodiments, each of ...	09/01/1981
4275932	Non-frangible wheel An improved aircraft wheel configuration obviates the hazard of wheel failure during take-off and landing situations when tire deflation occurs and the wheel accepts full loading on its flanges. The wheel is configured to provide a differential flange hei...	06/30/1981
4173992	Radially reinforced wheel rims of moldable material Wheel rims of moldable material for a tire having roundings at least in part connecting the base, bead seat and flange elements of the rim with each other, each of the roundings having a concave face and a convex face, are improved and strengthened agains...	11/13/1979

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