Bicycle wheel

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7635170
APP PUB NO 20080088175A1
SERIAL NO

11546209

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A spoked wheel comprises a rim, a hub, V-shaped spokes, nipples, and eyelets. There is true pairing of the spokes, because the rim has half the number of spoke attachments as there are nipples. True paired spoking means that there are no side wobble forces or rim twist caused by spoke tension. The rim has spoke attachment holes that are parallel to the axis of wheel rotation and are reinforced with eyelets. The rim has unnecessary material cut away between the spoke attachment holes. To ease adjustment, the nipples are located about midway between the hub and the rim. The hub has longitudinal ribs and that are aligned with each other. That allows the hub body to be machined from a relatively lightweight extrusion. To increase the wheel strength, the inboard spokes are moved outboard as much as possible. The hub has pairs of nipple attachment holes where each pair is located on a diagonal relative to the axis of the hub.

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CRANK BROTHERS INC580 BROADWAY LAGUNA BEACH CA 92651

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hermansen, Frank Laguna Beach , US 73 897
Winefordner, Carl Laguna Beach , US 69 882

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