Disc wheel with internal bracing
AssigneeHed Cycling Products, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Andrew Edin, Gregory Paul Alexander, Michael Cloutier
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Abstract
A bicycle disc wheel comprises a first disc panel and a second disc panel. The first disc panel has a first side outer surface and a first side inner surface and the second disc panel has a second side outer surface and a second side inner surface. The first side outer surface radially extends from a first disc panel outer perimeter to a center opening and the second side outer surface radially extends from a second disc panel outer perimeter to the center opening. The second side inner surface faces the first side inner surface. A brace is coupled to the first side inner surface and the second side inner surface that provide radial and axial structural support to the disc panels.
Claims15
A bicycle disc wheel comprising:
- a circumferential perimeter wall defining a bicycle tire bed;
- a first disc panel comprising:
- a first side outer surface, the first side outer surface radially extending from a first disc panel outer perimeter to a center opening;
- a first side inner surface;
- an internal hub center extending axially inward, the internal hub center comprising an index receiving area;
- a second disc panel comprising:
- a second side outer surface, the second side outer surface radially extending from a second disc panel outer perimeter to the center opening, wherein internal hub center further comprises a disc panel flange distal from the first side inner surface of the first disc panel, wherein the second disc panel is bonded to the first disc panel at the disc panel flange;
- a second side inner surface, the second side inner surface axially spaced from the first side inner surface;
- a hub index extending axially inward, the hub index received in the index receiving area of the internal hub center, the second disc panel bonded to the first disc panel;
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- a plurality of internal braces coupled to the first side inner surface and the second side inner surface that provide radial and axial structural support to the first disc panel and second disc panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.