Reinforced Composite Rim
AssigneeCompositech, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Poertner, Michael Hall
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Abstract
A composite rim including a reinforcing assembly is provided. The composite rim includes a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, a radially outer portion and a reinforcing assembly. The radially outer portion includes a radially outwardly-facing tire-engaging surface. The reinforcing assembly is disposed proximate the tire-engaging surface and includes a reinforcer and a containment member for containing the reinforcer. The reinforcer has an axis extending circumferentially about the composite rim and is configured to reinforce the composite rim in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the reinforcer.
Claims8
A composite rim comprising:
- a first sidewall portion;
- a second sidewall portion;
- a radially outer portion that includes a radially outwardly-facing tire-engaging surface;
- and
- a reinforcing assembly disposed proximate the radially outwardly-facing tire-engaging surface, the reinforcing assembly including:
- a reinforcer having an axis extending circumferentially about the composite rim, and
- a containment member for containing the reinforcer,
- the reinforcing assembly configured to reinforce the composite rim in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the reinforcer.
A composite rim comprising:
- first sidewall means;
- second sidewall means;
- a radially outer portion that includes radially-outwardly-facing tire-engaging means;
- and
- a reinforcing assembly disposed proximate the radially-outwardly-facing tire-engaging means, the reinforcing assembly including:
- reinforcer means having an axis extending circumferentially about the composite rim, and
- containment means for containing the reinforcer means,
- the reinforcing assembly configured to reinforce the composite rim in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the reinforcer means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.