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US 6,520,595 B1Granted
Vehicle wheel
OwnerRaphael Schlangerinventor
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Abstract
Improved vehicle wheel construction with a peripheral rim, a central wheel hub and a plurality of spokes extending between the rim and hub, wherein the spokes have a first peripheral portion connected to the rim and a second central portion opposed to the first portion. The hub includes at least two opposed outer flanges, with the central portions of the spokes secured to at least one of the outer flanges by hardened molding material.
Claims88
A wheel, comprising:
- a peripheral wheel rim;
- a central wheel hub with an outer flange;
- a plurality of spokes extending between the rim and hub, wherein said spokes have a first portion connected to said rim and a second portion opposed to said first portion;
- at least a portion of said hub formed from a hardened molding material, wherein said hardened molding material has a non-hardened, conformable state and a subsequent hardened state;
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- with at least a portion of the second portion of at least one spoke secured to said hub by an encapsulated connection to secure the second portion of said at least one spoke and said hardened molding material by the hardening of said hardened molding material from the non-hardened, conformable state to the hardened state which in the hardened state is integral with the hub and conforms thereto, wherein said wheel is a tension spoke connected to said spokes to create spoke pretension upon hardening of said molding material.
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A wheel, comprising:
- a peripheral wheel rim;
- a central wheel hub with an outer flange;
- a plurality of spokes extending between the rim and hub, wherein said spokes have a first portion connected to said rim and a second portion opposed to said first portion, wherein said spokes are secured to said outer flange;
- at least a portion of said hub formed from a hardened molding material, wherein said hardened molding material has a non-hardened, conformable state and a subsequent hardened state;
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- with at least a portion of at least one spoke secured to said hub by an encapsulated connection to secure the second portion of said at least one spoke and said hardened molding material by the hardening of said hardened molding material from the non-hardened, comformable state to the hardened state which in the hardened state is integral with the hub and conforms thereto, wherein said wheel is a tension spoke wheel and wherein said spoke is pretensioned, and wherein at least one of said spokes is a continuous element including at least two structural spans between the rim and hub and a common portion encapsulating at the hub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.