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US 7,676,938 B1Granted
Bicycle wheel and hub apparatus and method
AssigneeHed Cycling Products, Inc.
InventorSteven Arthur Hed
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Abstract
A bicycle wheel and hub apparatus capable of dynamically and precisely truing a bicycle wheel, and a method thereof, is provided. The bicycle wheel and hub apparatus includes a hub, including a hub body and a hub mounting plate, adaptable to a center hole of the bicycle wheel, a mounting device for mounting the hub onto the bicycle wheel, and a plurality of set screws for truing the bicycle wheel relative to the hub.
Claims15
A bicycle wheel and hub apparatus capable of dynamically and precisely truing a bicycle wheel, comprising:
- a hub, including a hub body and a hub mounting plate, adaptable to a center hole of the bicycle wheel;
- a mounting device for mounting the hub onto the bicycle wheel;
- and
- a plurality of set screws, separately disposed on the hub mounting plate in adjacent to center of the hub body, for truing the bicycle wheel relative to the hub, wherein force applied onto a planetary surface of the bicycle wheel by the at least one set screw is adjustable by moving the set screws towards or away from the planetary surface of the bicycle wheel, thereby adjusting planetary and/or tilting angles of the bicycle wheel relative to the hub.
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A method of truing a bicycle wheel, comprising the steps of:
- providing a bicycle wheel and hub apparatus comprising a hub, including a hub body and a hub mounting plate, adaptable to a center hole of the bicycle wheel, a mounting device for mounting the hub onto the bicycle wheel, a plurality of set screws, separately disposed on the hub mounting plate in adjacent to center of the hub body, for truing the bicycle wheel relative to the hub, wherein force applied onto a planetary surface of the bicycle wheel by the at least one set screw is adjustable by moving the set screws towards or away from the planetary surface of the bicycle wheel, thereby adjusting planetary and/or tilting angles of the bicycle wheel relative to the hub;
- placing the apparatus on a truing stand;
- adjusting the at least one set screw;
- spinning the bicycle wheel;
- measuring/monitoring truing specification of the bicycle wheel;
- and
- repeating the adjusting, spinning and measuring/monitoring steps until the bicycle wheel is trued according to the truing specification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.