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Application Number:  20100066159

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventor:  Meggiolan, Mario

A hub body for a bicycle wheel has a substantially tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis with a pair of opposite end portions, at least one of which has an annular front surface on which a plurality of housing seats for an end portion of respective spokes are formed. Advantageously, at least some of these seats comprise retention elements adapted to prevent said spokes from moving along a direction substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis in all operating conditions. The ...
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Application Number:  20100066158

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventor:  Hamilton, Thomas S.

The two-piece wheel rim assembly includes first and second hub sections affixed together and rotatably mounted on an axle by a set of bearings which are longitudinally spaced apart on the axle. The hub sections have radially inboard wall segments and radially outboard segments. The inboard segments form a radial cavity about the axle longitudinally bounded by the bearings. An oil bath substantially fills the radial cavity except for a small thermal expansion air pocket. The thermal expansion ...
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Application Number:  20100066157

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventor:  KOZIATEK, Stanley F.

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 of the rim has a central hump, a trough contiguous with the central hump extending axially outward from the hump, and a flat shelf immediately adjacent, contiguous with, and extending axially outward from the trough. Another ...
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Application Number:  20100066156

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventor:  JIN, JAEGUL

The present disclosure relates to a wheel for a vehicle, in which burrs that are created in forming vent holes do not contact with the inner circumference of rim when disc is combined with rim, such that it is possible to prevent damage to the inside of rim due to burrs. Further, a hub cap is formed in the minimum size for covering only hub hole and separably combined with a cylindrical protrusion of disc, such that it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost and the weight, and improve the ...
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Application Number:  20100066155

Publication Date:  2010-03-18

Inventors:  Stuck, Larry; Rogers, Larry K.; Marsaly, Olivier; Seradarian, Pascal; Hobe, Peter K.; Noblanc, Olivier; Koniers, James P.; Sherman, Matthew P.; Renson, Christopher R.

In this invention a tire protection attachment system utilizes adherent materials or mechanical attachments to the wheel rim to hold a covering of protective material adjacent the sidewall of a tubeless tire mounted on a circular wheel rim. The mechanical attachments are made to the outwardly flaring circumferential flange section adjacent the sidewall and/or to the transverse wall section of the wheel rim. Attachments to the flange section are characterized by the use of a clamping ring, a ...
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Application Number:  20100060073

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Alfonso Felgar, Claudia Patricia; Do Couto Gandarinho, Alexandre

The present invention concerns a bicycle wheel with a rim for a tubeless tyre, characterised in that it is provided with a rim 1 intended to receive a number of fixing elements 6, which are in accordance with the number of spokes 2, such fixing elements being assembled by fitting and sliding between the wheel's hub 8 and the rim 1 and which are fixed into the desired positions. Therefor it is necessary to make special holes in the upper part of the rim ...
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Application Number:  20100060072

Publication Date:  2010-03-11

Inventors:  Rieger, Hansjörg; Rieger, Johannes Werner; Bogdan, Zvonimir

A protective device for tire walls has a holder for attaching the protective device on a wheel. The protective device has protective elements connected to the holder. The protective elements are shape-stable parts that under load are elastically deformable. They extend approximately radially away from the holder. The protective elements do not protect the entire tire but only the endangered area of the tire ...
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Application Number:  20100052414

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Leaverton, Curt

A wheel bearing assembly for motorcycles comprising a hub, a bearing, a bearing seal, a collar, and an axle. A sealing element such as an o-ring, rubber seal or sleeve is provided between the inside surface of the collar and the axle, in a substantially watertight static relationship therewith, so as to prevent moisture from seeping between the collar and the axle disposed therein. The sealing element is preferably retained in a groove machined into the interior surface of the collar, but may ...
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Application Number:  20100052413

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Friese, Udo; Kermelk, Werner; Afeltra, Umberto; Reh, Peter

The invention relates to a vehicle wheel, in particular a hybrid vehicle wheel, composed of a wheel disc, which is fabricated from lightweight metal as a cast part, and a rim ring, which is made from steel, is connected to the wheel disc in a rotationally fixed fashion and has at least one rim horn and a drop base edge, and a method for manufacturing such a hybrid vehicle wheel. In order to be able to manufacture the hybrid vehicle wheel at low cost and to ensure sufficient force flow between ...
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Application Number:  20100052412

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Morris, Michael A.

Wheels and methods of making wheels are disclosed including an inner portion and a tread mechanically coupled to the inner portion. The tread may be mechanically coupled to the inner portion on an inside and an outside of the wheel. The inner portion may include a rim including a plurality of apertures. The inner portion may be high density polyethylene and the tread may be thermoplastic ...
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Application Number:  20100052411

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Addink, Brad J.

A bicycle wheel assembly having a number of spokes that extends between a hub and a rim. The wheel assembly includes a drive side that faces a chain and a non-drive side that is laterally spaced from the drive side. The spokes that extend between the hub and the rim on the drive side of the wheel assembly are oriented in a series of radial spokes and one-cross spoke pairs. Preferably, the drive side spokes are oriented in a repeating pattern. The non-drive side spokes are oriented in a ...
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Application Number:  20100052410

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Sherman, Aleksandr; Zvonik, Sergey

A wheel with a removable hub axle cartridge configured to be fitted into a shaped recess hollow or cavity of the wheel at the central hub position. The hub axle cartridge, adapted for use with a rear wheel includes a clutch mechanism and is configured for supporting drive gears, in addition to providing engagement with the body frame for a front wheel. The removable hub axle cartridge provides various advantages including a reduced wheel weight, the ability to stably stack, store and ship the ...
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Application Number:  20100052409

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  IKEDA, Jun

An outside diameter of a rim spacer of a vehicle wheel is formed with an equal outside diameter dimension to those of fringe portions and of an outer rim making it possible to prevent a step from being produced between the fringe portion of the outer rim and the rim spacer. An abutment portion of an inner rim has an outside diameter formed with an equivalent diameter to the outside diameter of the rim spacer to prevent a step from being produced therebetween. This prevents an inner tire from ...
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Application Number:  20100052408

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventor:  Ren, Wenlin

The present invention discloses a type of secure and efficient wheel assembly using fluid or solid stuffing materials so as to minimize the blowout risks, a wheel rim transmission assembly, an energy exchanging arrangement used in transporting system, and a vehicle energy storage system, as well as corresponding methods for manufacturing and preparing such assemblies and arrangements in ...
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Application Number:  20100050785

Publication Date:  2010-03-04

Inventors:  Roessingh, Jordan R.; Wendt, David L.

A cassette-based power measuring apparatus includes a power sensing arrangement mounted within a cavity defined by a hollow bicycle cassette. The power sensing arrangement includes a torque sensing assembly including torque sensing elements configured to measure a user applied torque. The torque sensing elements are in communication with an electronics assembly configured to process the measured data and transmit it to a receiver. The torque sensing assembly may comprise a torque tube or a ...
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Application Number:  20100045095

Publication Date:  2010-02-25

Inventors:  Suzuki, Shoji; Matsuo, Junji; Amaki, Kiyoshi; Nishizaka, Takashi

A wheel for a vehicle including an outer rim and an inner rim, in which the outer rim is comprised of a disk section formed by embossing a first portion having a certain thickness and a rim section formed by drawing a second portion having a smaller thickness than the first portion so as to make a periphery of the disk section; and the inner rim is comprised of superimposed portions formed by drawing and to be superimposed on prescribed positions of the disk section of the outer rim. Flange ...
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