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US 12,350,963 B2Granted
Bicycle rim adapted to reduce spoke fatigue
AssigneeHed Cycling Products, Inc.
InventorChristopher Andrew Edin
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Abstract
A bicycle rim comprising a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire and a spoke bed. The spoke bed may comprise a pattern of spoke attachment segments at varying tilt angles and spaced by intermediate segments. Each spoke attachment segment may comprise an inner surface, an outer surface and a spoke opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface. The spoke opening may be sized to accommodate a spoke nipple. The spoke opening may have a central axis angled at a complex angle that is a combination of a respective camber angle and a respective crossing angle. The complex angle may be selected to achieve a respective spoke angle. The outer surface of the spoke attachment segment adjacent to the spoke opening may extend perpendicular to the central axis of the spoke opening.
Claims29
A bicycle rim comprising:
- a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire;
- and
- a rim wall comprising:
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- a first spoke attachment segment having a first tilt angle, the first spoke attachment segment defining a first spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a first spoke nipple, the first spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a first complex angle that is a combination of a first camber angle and a first crossing angle, the first complex angle selected to achieve a first spoke angle;
- a second spoke attachment segment having a second tilt angle that is different than the first tilt angle, the second spoke attachment segment defining a second spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a second spoke nipple, the second spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a second complex angle that is a combination of a second camber angle that is different from the first camber angle and a second crossing angle that is different from the first crossing angle, the second complex angle selected to achieve a second spoke angle that is different than the first spoke angle, wherein the outer surface extends perpendicular to the respective central axis of the first spoke opening at the first spoke attachment segment and perpendicular to the respective central axis of the second spoke opening at the second spoke attachment segment;
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- an intermediate segment extending between the first spoke attachment segment and the second spoke attachment segment, wherein at least one of the outer surface or inner surface twists from first spoke attachment segment to the second spoke attachment segment.
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A bicycle rim comprising:
- a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire, the circumferential outer portion disposed about a rim center axis;
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- a spoke bed comprising a pattern of spoke attachment segments at varying tilt angles, each spoke attachment segment tilted to a first side or a second side of the bicycle rim and to a front of the rim center axis or a rear of the rim center axis, each spoke attachment segment comprising:
- an inner surface of the spoke attachment segment;
- an outer surface of the spoke attachment segment;
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- a spoke opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface and sized to accommodate a spoke nipple, the spoke opening having a central axis angled at a complex angle that is a combination of a respective camber angle and a respective crossing angle, the complex angle selected to achieve a respective spoke angle, wherein in the pattern, adjacent spoke attachment segments are spaced by an intermediate segment with a twisted profile.
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A bicycle wheel comprising:
- a hub;
- a bicycle rim, the bicycle rim comprising:
- a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire, the circumferential outer portion disposed about a rim center axis;
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- a rim wall comprising:
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- a first spoke attachment segment having a first tilt angle, the first spoke attachment segment defining a first spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a first spoke nipple, the first spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a first complex angle that is a combination of a first camber angle and a first crossing angle, the first complex angle selected to achieve a first spoke angle;
- a second spoke attachment segment having a second tilt angle that is different than the first tilt angle, the second spoke attachment segment defining a second spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a second spoke nipple, the second spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a second complex angle that is a combination of a second camber angle that is different from the first camber angle and a second crossing angle that is different from the first crossing angle, the second complex angle selected to achieve a second spoke angle that is different than the first spoke angle, wherein at least one of the inner surface or the outer surface extends perpendicular to the respective central axis of the first spoke opening at the first spoke attachment segment and perpendicular to the respective central axis of the second spoke opening at the second spoke attachment segment;
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- an intermediate segment extending between the first spoke attachment segment and the second spoke attachment segment, wherein at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface twists from the first spoke attachment segment to the second spoke attachment segment.
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A bicycle rim comprising:
- a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire;
- and
- a rim wall comprising:
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- a first spoke attachment segment having a first tilt angle, the first spoke attachment segment defining a first spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a first spoke nipple, the first spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a first complex angle that is a combination of a first camber angle and a first crossing angle, the first complex angle selected to achieve a first spoke angle;
- a second spoke attachment segment having a second tilt angle that is different than the first tilt angle, the second spoke attachment segment defining a second spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a second spoke nipple, the second spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a second complex angle that is a combination of a second camber angle that is different from the first camber angle and a second crossing angle that is different from the first crossing angle, the second complex angle selected to achieve a second spoke angle that is different than the first spoke angle, wherein the inner surface extends perpendicular to the respective central axis of the first spoke opening at the first spoke attachment segment and perpendicular to the respective central axis of the second spoke opening at the second spoke attachment segment;
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- an intermediate segment extending between the first spoke attachment segment and the second spoke attachment segment, wherein the first spoke opening and the second spoke opening are adjacent spoke openings and wherein at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface twists from the first spoke attachment segment to the second spoke attachment segment.
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A bicycle rim comprising:
- a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire;
- and
- a rim wall comprising:
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- a first spoke attachment segment having a first tilt angle, the first spoke attachment segment defining a first spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a first spoke nipple, the first spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a first complex angle that is a combination of a first camber angle and a first crossing angle, the first complex angle selected to achieve a first spoke angle;
- a second spoke attachment segment having a second tilt angle that is different than the first tilt angle, the second spoke attachment segment defining a second spoke opening therethrough to accommodate a second spoke nipple, the second spoke opening having a respective central axis angled at a second complex angle that is a combination of a second camber angle that is different from the first camber angle and a second crossing angle that is different from the first crossing angle, the second complex angle selected to achieve a second spoke angle that is different than the first spoke angle;
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- an intermediate segment extending between the first spoke attachment segment and the second spoke attachment segment, wherein the intermediate segment twists from the first spoke attachment segment to the second spoke attachment segment.
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A bicycle rim comprising:
- a circumferential outer portion adapted to receive a tire, the circumferential outer portion disposed about a rim center axis;
- and
- a spoke bed comprising a pattern of spoke attachment segments at varying tilt angles, each spoke attachment segment tilted to a first side or a second side of the bicycle rim and to a front of the rim center axis or a rear of the rim center axis, each spoke attachment segment comprising:
- an inner surface of the spoke attachment segment;
- an outer surface of the spoke attachment segment;
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- a spoke opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface and sized to accommodate a spoke nipple, the spoke opening having a central axis angled at a complex angle that is a combination of a respective camber angle and a respective crossing angle, the complex angle selected to achieve a respective spoke angle, wherein the outer surface of the spoke attachment segment adjacent to the spoke opening extends perpendicular to the central axis of the spoke opening and wherein each spoke attachment segment is formed as a flat plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.