Spoke attachment flange for a hub for a bicycle wheel and method for mounting a spoke on the flange
AssigneeCampagnolo S.r.l.
InventorsNicolò MARTINELLO, Leonardo Antonio DEMELIO
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Abstract
A spoke attachment flange for a bicycle wheel hub and a method for mounting spokes on the flange are disclosed. The flange has an annular body with a plurality of seats for housing enlarged spoke heads. At least one seat has an access opening configured to allow the insertion of the enlarged head in the seat. An outlet opening on the annular body is configured to allow a stem of the spoke to exit from the seat. The access opening and the outlet opening are connected through a connection channel that extends from the access opening towards the outlet opening without reaching a radially outer surface.
Claims15
A spoke attachment flange for a hub for a bicycle wheel, said flange having an annular body extending coaxially to a rotation axis (X) and having a plurality of seats for housing enlarged heads of spokes, wherein at least one first seat of said plurality of seats comprises:
- a first access opening made on a first front face of said annular body and configured to allow the insertion of the enlarged head of a first spoke in said first seat;
- a first outlet opening made on a radially outer surface of said annular body and configured to allow a stem of said first spoke to exit from said first seat;
- wherein said first outlet opening is defined by a first hole or by a first slot and in that said first access opening and said first outlet opening are connected to one another through a first connection channel that defines on said first front face a first slit that extends from said first access opening towards said first outlet opening without reaching said radially outer surface.
A method for mounting a spoke with an enlarged head and a stem on a flange of a hub for a bicycle wheel, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting an end portion of said stem in a first access opening made on a first front face of the flange;
- making said stem slide along a first connection channel that connects said access opening to an outlet opening made on a radially outer surface of an annular body and defined by a hole or a slot, said first connection channel defining on said first front face a first slit that extends from said first access opening towards said outlet opening without reaching said radially outer surface;
- making said stem exit from said outlet opening;
- and,
- tensioning said spoke.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.