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US 2003/0151300 A1Published application
Hub adapter for a bicycle disc brake
AssigneeFirst Principles Performance Products Ltd.
InventorsEric Goss, Daryl D. Musselman
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AssigneeFirst Principles Performance Products Ltd.
InventorsEric Goss, Daryl D. Musselman
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A hub adapter used to modify a bicycle wheel hub to provide for the mounting of a disc brake rotor and/or for the repositioning of the wheel spoke mount flange to accommodate the additional components of a disc brake system. The hub adapter may be fixed to the host non-disc wheel hub by fastening bolts passing through the original spoke mounting holes or by other fastening means. The hub adapter may provide standard mounting holes for a disc brake rotor to be fixed to the hub adapter with fastening bolts. The hub adapter provides alternate spoke mounting holes on an alternate spoke flange, positioned in such a way so as to provide adequate clearance for disc brake components such as the disc brake caliper assembly, or in such a way as to change the length of the spokes and to modify the wheel stiffness. The hub adapter effectively becomes integral to the host wheel hub and critical to the primary function of the wheel hub, that is transferring load from the frame to the wheel.
A hub adapter for mounting a disc brake rotor to a hub of a non-disc wheel, said hub adapter comprising:
A hub adapter for mounting a disc brake rotor to a hub of a non-disc wheel, said hub adapter having a substantially cylindrical form with a rotor end and a hub end, said hub adapter comprising:
A hub adapter for mounting a disc brake rotor to a hub of a non-disc wheel, wherein said hub is made up of two components which when coupled to one another form said hub, said hub adapter comprising:
A hub for a wheel, said hub comprising first and second components wherein each of said components comprises a spoke flange for fastening spokes of said wheel, and a junction face for coupling said first and second components to one another to form said hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.