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US 2017/0282640 A1Published application
Wheel for a Motorcycle or a Motor Scooter
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsElmar JAEGER, Bernd KASSNER
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Abstract
The invention relates to a wheel for a powered two-wheeler, in particular a motorcycle or a motor scooter, that is at least sectionally made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material. A hub area (12) of the wheel (IO) is provided with two rigid, self-supporting, metal inserts (18, 20), which are arranged on axially opposite sides of the hub area (12), and which in an axial and radial direction (A, r) are connected to one another in a form-fit manner.
Claims10
A wheel for a motorcycle or a motor scooter, comprising:
- a wheel body formed at least in sections of a fiber-reinforced plastic;
- self-supporting metallic inserts arranged at a hub region of the wheel body on axially opposite sides of the hub region,
- wherein the inserts are connected to one another in a positively locking manner in axial and radial directions of the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.