Spoke wheel
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRene Hinsberg, Markus Poschner
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Abstract
A spoke wheel consisting of a wheel hub and of a rim which are connected with each other by a number of spokes. The rim thereby carries a tire. In order that the tire can be of tubeless construction, the relatively wide rim flanges are provided with mounting bores through which extend the spokes.
Claims12
A spoke wheel for a tubeless tire comprising a wheel hub and a rim means comprising radially extending rim flanges on opposite sides of a rim base for securing a tire to the rim means, through-bore mounting means in the rim flanges and in the wheel hub with through bores in the rim flange being axially aligned with through bores in the hub, the wheel hub and rim means being connected with each other by a number of spokes having spoke heads and spoke nipples, at least one of the spoke heads and spoke nipples being inserted into the respective axially aligned mounting bore means provided in the hub and in the rim flanges of the rim means.
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