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US 8,544,514 B2Granted
Spoked wheel rim, mounted assembly incorporating it and its method of assembly
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsNorbert Gangloff, Philippe Bruandet
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AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsNorbert Gangloff, Philippe Bruandet
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A spoked wheel rim for a wheeled vehicle, a mounted assembly incorporating this rim for such a vehicle and a method for assembling this mounted assembly is provided. This rim has two rim edges and a rim bottom covered by an annular ribbon that is flexible and sealed against the inflation gas that is intended to receive a tire and that is fitted with an inflation valve for inflating this tire. The ribbon includes a central portion conforming to the shape of this rim bottom and two lateral portions protruding axially from these rim edges. The lateral portions are capable of having a portion of their axial width cut off by the detachment of two respective peripheral sections of these lateral portions, so that this ribbon extends from one of the said edges to the other following this detachment.
Spoked wheel rim for a bicycle, the rim having two rim edges and a rim bottom covered with an annular ribbon that is flexible and sealed against the inflation gas that is configured to receive a tire and that is fitted with an inflation valve for inflating said tire, the ribbon having a central portion conforming to the shape of the rim bottom and two lateral portions protruding axially from said rim edges, characterized in that the said lateral portions are configured to be brought to a position where a portion of their axial width has been cut off by the detachment of two respective peripheral sections of said lateral portions and where the ribbon extends from one of the said edges to the other following this detachment.
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