Bicycle wheel rim
AssigneeCampagnolo S.r.l.
InventorMauri FELTRIN
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Abstract
A composite rim for a bicycle wheel that has a wall of structural fibers incorporated in a thermosetting polymeric material and a plurality of spoke attachment seats. The composite material includes at least one layer of woven bi-directional fibers where some fibers are in a nominal direction substantially parallel to the circumferential direction of the rim and some fibers are substantially orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the rim.
Claims20
A bicycle wheel rim comprising a wall made of composite material comprising structural fibers incorporated in a thermosetting polymeric material, and a plurality of spoke attachment seats formed in said wall, wherein the composite material of the wall comprises at least one layer of woven bi-directional fibers, comprising first fibers having a nominal direction which is substantially parallel to a circumferential direction (C) of the rim, and second fibers having a nominal direction which is substantially orthogonal to that of the first fibers.
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