Spoke wheel
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorTakayo Yamamoto
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Abstract
A spoke wheel for a straddle-type vehicle includes a rim having an outer peripheral surface on which a tire is mounted and an annular shape, a hub supported by an axle on an inner side of the rim and having a tubular shape, and a plurality of wire spokes connecting the rim to the hub. The rim is formed with a plurality of spoke holes through which the plurality of wire spokes pass and support surfaces receiving head portions of the plurality of wire spokes on one end sides of the plurality of spoke holes. Each of the support surfaces has a groove shape extending in a wheel rotation direction.
Claims7
A spoke wheel for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
- a rim having an outer peripheral surface on which a tire is mounted and an annular shape;
- a hub supported by an axle on an inner side of the rim and having a tubular shape;
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- a plurality of wire spokes connecting the rim to the hub,
- wherein the rim is formed with a plurality of spoke holes through which the plurality of wire spokes pass and a plurality of support surfaces each receiving head portions of the plurality of wire spokes on one end sides of the plurality of spoke holes,
- wherein each of the plurality of support surfaces has a groove extending in a wheel rotation direction, there being a plurality of grooves,
- wherein two or more of the plurality of spoke holes are formed in a common groove among the plurality of grooves, and
- wherein two or more of the head portions of the plurality of wire spokes are accommodated in a common groove support surface having the common groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.