Hub and wheel
AssigneeDt Swiss Inc.
InventorsStefan Spahr, Simon Haas
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Abstract
A hub and a wheel having such a hub. The hub includes a hub shell and an axle to rotatably receive the hub shell. The hub shell is provided with circumferential hub flanges for accommodation and defined orientation of a plurality of spokes. Each of the spokes includes a spoke body and a spoke head. The hub flanges include a plurality of accommodation sections to receive one spoke head each. The accommodation sections are axially disposed on the hub flanges. Each of the accommodation sections has one spoke feed-through assigned to it, through which an accommodated spoke can be guided out of the accommodation section. Two spoke feed-throughs each are provided with one joint and circumferentially closed outlet opening in the hub flanges. The hub flanges enclose the outlet opening integrally.
Claims22
A hub comprising:
- a hub shell for rotatable arrangement relative to an axle received in the hub shell, wherein the hub shell is provided with at least one circumferential hub flange that accommodates a plurality of spokes, said hub flange including a radial surface and an axial surface, said axial surface extending substantially transversely from said radial surface, each of said plurality of spokes including a spoke body and a spoke head, and wherein the hub flange comprises a plurality of accommodation sections, each of said plurality of accommodation sections configured for receiving one spoke head, the accommodation sections are disposed on said axial surface of the hub flange, and one spoke feed-through is associated with each of the accommodation sections, through which an accommodated spoke is guided out of the accommodation section, wherein the spoke feed-throughs extend through said radial surface of the hub flange and two spoke feed-throughs are each provided with one circumferentially closed joint outlet opening in the hub flange, wherein the hub flange integrally encloses the outlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.