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US 6,474,746 B2Granted
Bicycle wheel rim
AssigneeCampagnolo S.r.l.
InventorValentino Campagnolo
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Abstract
A rim for a spoked bicycle wheel having a tubeless tire comprises a continuous outer circumferential wall without any holes or openings, and a plurality of supports for nipples for tightening the spokes, the said supports supporting the nipples outside the section making up the rim.
Claims13
A rim for a spoked bicycle wheel, made of section comprising:
- an outer circumferential wall and an inner circumferential wall, connected to each other by two side walls;
- and
- means for supporting a plurality of nuts or nipples for tightening the wheel spokes, each nipple being designed to be screwed on a threaded end portion of a respective spoke,
- wherein said means comprise a plurality of nipple supports connected to the rim and arranged outside the section that forms the rim, each of the said nipple supports having a seat for supporting a respective nipple at least partially outside the section that forms the rim, and
- wherein each nipple support consists of a bridge-type bracket which is set substantially in a radial plane containing the axis of the rim and has two opposite ends connected to the rim and a central part having an opening the edge of which functions as a supporting seat for the head of a respective nipple designed to be inserted into said opening.
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A rim for a spoked bicycle wheel, made of section comprising:
- an outer circumferential wall and an inner circumferential wall, connected to each other by two side walls;
- and
- means for supporting a plurality of nuts or nipples for tightening the wheel spokes, each nipple being designed to be screwed on a threaded end portion of a respective spoke,
- wherein said means comprise a plurality of nipple supports connected to the rim and arranged outside the section that forms the rim, each of the said nipple supports having a seat for supporting a respective nipple at least partially outside the section that forms the rim, and
- wherein each nipple support supports the respective nipple in a position set at a slight distance from the inner circumferential wall of the rim, in the direction of the axis of the rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.