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US 11,951,768 B2Granted
Hub for retaining spokes with loops
AssigneeBerd L.L.C.
InventorsBradley Leo Guertin, Charles Steven Spanjers, Allison Lynne Horner
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Abstract
A hub and spoke assembly includes a hub body having a first end and a second end. Projections are on each end. The projections are spaced apart from each adjacent projection about a rotational axis of the hub. Each projection comprises a base portion joined to the hub body and a support extending from the base portion to a free end. A plurality of spokes is provided. Each spoke comprises an elongated braided fiber having a loop at a first end and a second end configured for attachment to a rim. At least one spoke is joined to each support of each projection.
Claims24
A hub and spoke assembly comprising:
- a hub body being symmetric about a rotational axis having a first end and a second end;
- a first plurality of projections disposed on the hub body at the first end and a second plurality of projections disposed on the hub body at the second end, wherein projections of each of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections are spaced apart from each adjacent projection about the rotational axis on the first and second ends, respectively, and wherein each projection of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections comprises a base portion joined to the hub body and a support extending from the base portion to a free end, wherein each support of each projections of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections extends from the base portion to the free end in a rotational direction about the rotational axis, and wherein adjacent supports of adjacent projections in each of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections extend in opposite rotational directions about the rotational axis;
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- a first plurality of spokes and a second plurality of spokes, each spoke of the first plurality of spokes and the second plurality of spokes comprises an elongated braided fiber having a loop at a first end and a second end configured for attachment to a rim, wherein at least one spoke of the first plurality of spokes is joined to each support of the first plurality of projections with the loop disposed about the support, and wherein at least one spoke of the second plurality of spokes is joined to each support of the second plurality of projections with the loop disposed about the support.
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A hub assembly comprising:
- a hub body being symmetric about a rotational axis having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first pair of longitudinally spaced apart flanges and the second end having a second pair of longitudinally spaced apart flanges having a flange body extending radially away from the hub body to an outer perimeter edge encircling the rotational axis, wherein each flange body includes apertures, and wherein the apertures of each flange body are disposed about the rotational axis such that for each of the first pair longitudinally spaced apart flanges and the second pair of longitudinally spaced apart flanges, pairs of aligned aperture are provided wherein each aperture on one of the flange bodies is aligned with an aperture on the other flange body;
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- a plurality of supports for the first and second ends, wherein a support of the plurality of supports is removably mounted in each pair of aligned apertures.
A hub comprising:
- a hub body being symmetric about a rotational axis having a first end and a second end;
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- a first plurality of projections disposed on the hub body at the first end and a second plurality of projections disposed on the hub body at the second end, wherein projections of each of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections are spaced apart from each adjacent projection about the rotational axis on the first and second ends, respectively, wherein each projection of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections comprises a base portion joined to the hub body and a support extending from the base portion to a free end, and wherein each support of each projection of the first plurality of projections and the second plurality of projections extends from the base portion to the free end in a rotational direction about the rotational axis, and wherein some adjacent supports of the first and second plurality of projections have free ends thereof spaced apart from each other to create an associated space therebetween configured to allow a portion of spokes to extend through for locating once of the spokes on each support.
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