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US 4,181,365 AGranted
Wheels for motorcycles
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Kawaguchi, Yasuhisa Kobayashi, Masayuki Onimaru
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Abstract
A spokeless wheel for a motorcycle or other vehicle is made by combining a wheel hub with a wheel rim through several sets of plates, wherein each set includes two opposed plates. In the vertical cross-section, the plates form an isosceles triangle with the hub forming the base of the triangle.
Claims15
A wheel for a vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel hub;
- a wheel rim having at least one projection on its inner surface;
- a plurality of pairs of plates which are mechanically and operably connected to said wheel hub and said rim projection;
- said wheel hub, said rim projection and each of said pairs of plates forming in a vertical cross-section a triangle having said rim projection at the apex of said triangle, the base of said triangle being formed by a portion of said wheel hub;
- each plate of said pairs of plates having fitting parts provided at spaced-apart edge portions on the end of said plate connected to said wheel hub;
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- said fitting parts being overlapped on the fitting parts of adjacent plates on both sides of each said plate, and firmly connected thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.