US 2017/0305188 A1Published application

Hub and wheel

AssigneeDt Swiss Inc.

InventorsStefan SPAHR, Simon HAAS

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Abstract

A hub and a wheel having such a hub. The hub includes a hub shell and an axle to rotatably receive the hub shell. The hub shell is provided with circumferential hub flanges for accommodation and defined orientation of a plurality of spokes. Each of the spokes includes a spoke body and a spoke head. The hub flanges include a plurality of accommodation sections to receive one spoke head each. The accommodation sections are axially disposed on the hub flanges. Each of the accommodation sections has one spoke feed-through assigned to it, through which an accommodated spoke can be guided out of the accommodation section. Two spoke feed-throughs each are provided with one joint and circumferentially closed outlet opening in the hub flanges. The hub flanges enclose the outlet opening integrally.

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Dependent claims

A hub comprising:

a hub shell for rotatable arrangement relative to at least one axle received in the hub shell;
wherein the hub shell is provided with at least one circumferential hub flange that serves for accommodation and defined orientation of a plurality of spokes, each of which comprises a spoke body and a spoke head, and wherein the hub flange comprises a plurality of accommodation sections for receiving one spoke head each;
wherein the accommodation sections are at least partially axially disposed on the hub flange;
and wherein one spoke feed-through is assigned to each of the accommodation sections, through which an accommodated spoke can be guided out of the accommodation section;
and two spoke feed-throughs each are provided with one joint and circumferentially closed outlet opening in the hub flange and that the hub flange integrally encloses the outlet opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.