Spoked wheel for a bicycle
AssigneeMega Composite Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorShu-Yi Chen
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Abstract
A spoked wheel includes a rim, at least one spoke and at least one sealing sticker. The rim includes a spoke bed wall with at least one spoke hole therein, a pair of tire-holding flanges extending from opposite edges of the spoke bed wall, a base wall located radially inboard from the spoke bed wall and connected to the flanges. The base wall has an opening corresponding to the spoke hole of the spoke bed wall. The spoke has a nipple portion inserted in the spoke hole of the spoke bed wall of the rim, and a shank portion extending from the nipple portion and through the opening of the base wall of the rim. The sealing sticker is provided to seal the opening of the base wall of the rim and close any gap between the opening of the base wall and the shank portion of the spoke.
Claims7
A spoked wheel, comprising:
- a rim including a spoke bed wall with at least one spoke hole therein, a pair of tire-holding flanges extending from opposite edges of the spoke bed wall, a base wall located radially inboard from the spoke bed wall and connected to the flanges, and an internal cavity between the spoke bed wall and the base wall;
- the base wall having at least one opening corresponding to the spoke hole of the spoke bed wall;
- at least one spoke having a nipple portion inserted in the spoke hole of the spoke bed wall of the rim, and a shank portion extending from the nipple portion and through the opening of the base wall of the rim;
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- at least one sealing sticker comprising a flexible and elastic material, the at least one sealing sticker attached to the base wall of the rim about the spoke to seal the opening of the base wall of the rim and close any gap between the opening of the base wall and the shank portion of the spoke.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.