Reinforced thermoplastic components and method of manufacture thereof

A wheel component, comprising a continuous reinforced thermoplastic material, the continuous reinforced thermoplastic material defining:

• a rim bed portion having a first external surface;
• a main structure portion connected to the rim bed portion and having a second external surface that defines a sidewall portion of the wheel component;
• and
• a circular cavity;
• wherein:
• the first external surface and the second external surface are each free of indicia associated with bladder exit from the cavity;
• the continuous reinforced thermoplastic material comprises a layup of overlapping reinforced thermoplastic plies, the layup defining a radial crossply with edges of the plies oriented substantially transverse to an edge of an adjacent ply;
• and
• the radial crossply defines a continuous, circumferentially uniform distribution of plies on the sidewall portion.

A wheel component, comprising:

• a wall portion formed from a reinforced thermoplastic material, wherein the reinforced thermoplastic material of the wall portion comprises a plurality of overlapping plies defining a radial crossply;
• and
• a rim bed portion defining a cavity with the wall portion;
• wherein the plurality of overlapping plies comprise a first ply and a second ply, the first ply having a first edge, and the second ply having a second edge with the first edge oriented substantially transverse to the second edge on the wall portion;
• and
• wherein the first ply and second ply overlap one another on the wall portion and define an overlapped portion encompassing a majority of the surface area of the first ply and the second ply.