Rim and spoke connection for a bicycle wheel
AssigneeCampagnolo S.r.l.
InventorsMario Meggiolan, Maurizio Passarotto
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Abstract
A spoked wheel for a bicycle including a rim, a hub, a plurality of spokes tensioned between the rim and the hub, each provided with a spoke attachment element for attachment to the rim, a plurality of seats, such seats being openings formed in the rim, each for housing one of said spoke attachment elements. The shape and size of the spoke attachment elements and of the seats of the rim are such that: the spoke attachment element is suitable for taking up a first configuration in which its insertion through the seat is possible; and the spoke attachment element once inserted in the seat assumes a second configuration in which it is not possible to remove the spoke attachment element through the seat.
Claims27
A spoked wheel for a bicycle, comprising:
- a) a rim having two sides joined together on a base;
- b) a hub;
- c) a plurality of spokes tensioned between the rim and the hub, each provided with a spoke attachment element for attachment to the rim;
- and
- d) a plurality of seats formed as openings in the base of the rim, each seat to house one of said spoke attachment elements;
- wherein the shape and size of the spoke attachment elements and of the seats of the rim are such that:
- the spoke attachment element is suitable for taking up a first configuration in which its insertion through the seat is possible;
- the spoke attachment element inserted in the seat is in a second configuration in which at least one of the sides of the rim prevents rotation of the spoke attachment element with respect to the seat due to contact between the spoke attachment element and the at least one side of the rim.
A spoke set for a bicycle wheel comprising:
- a) a stem having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- b) a spoke attachment element connected to the stem for attaching a spoke to a rim which includes two sides joined together on a base, said base including a joining zone with a plurality of seats therethrough;
- wherein the spoke attachment element is suitable for taking up a first configuration in which its insertion through one of the seats of the rim is possible;
- and
- wherein the spoke attachment element is suitable for being put in a second configuration in which at least one of the sides of the rim prevents rotation of the spoke attachment element due to contact between the spoke attachment element and the at least one side of the rim.
The spoke set of c1aim 20, wherein the spoke attachment element of each spoke comprises a nipple, in adjustable screwing engagement with the spoke, the nipple including the head and the shank and being coupled to the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.