Balance weight for a wheel of a two-wheel vehicle
AssigneeTopy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSaburo Maruyama
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Abstract
A balance weight for a wheel of a two-wheel vehicle includes a weight body made from metal other than lead and a clip made from spring steel. The weight body includes a U-shaped transverse cross-section and a groove for mounting the clip therein. The weight body further includes a groove bottom wall and a pair of groove side walls connected to opposite width ends of the groove bottom wall. The clip includes a bottom portion and a pair of arms connected to opposite width ends of the bottom portion of the clip. The clip is mounted to the groove bottom wall of the weight body with the bottom portion of the clip contacting closely to the groove bottom wall of the weight body. The clip and the weight body are coupled to each other by a mechanical coupling. The coupling may be replaced by a local welding.
Claims10
A balance weight for a wheel of a two-wheel vehicle comprising:
- a weight body made from metal other than lead;
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- a clip made from spring-steel,
- said weight body having a groove for mounting said clip therein, said weight body including a groove bottom wall and a pair of groove side walls connected to opposite width ends of said groove bottom wall,
- said clip including a bottom portion and a pair of arms connected to opposite width ends of said bottom portion of said clip, each of said pair of arms including a first, inclining portion extending toward an opposite arm of said pair of arms and in a direction away from said bottom portion of said clip, and a second, rib-holding portion connected to said first portion and located closest to said opposite arm of said pair of arms,
- said clip being mounted to said groove bottom wall of said weight body with said bottom portion of said clip contacting closely to said groove bottom wall of said weight body, and said clip being fixed to said groove bottom wall of said weight body at said bottom portion of said clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.