Bicycle component comprising a body made from aluminium and a body made from composite material, and method for manufacturing such a component
AssigneeCampagnolo S.r.l.
InventorsPaolo Fabris, Mauri Feltrin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bicycle component, for example a rim, comprising a body made from aluminium and a body made from composite material coupled with a first surface portion of the body made from aluminium. Such a first surface portion has been subjected to a deoxidation surface treatment. An adhesive substance has been then applied on at least part of said first surface portion for gluing the body made from aluminium to the body made from composite material. A second surface portion of the body made from aluminium has been subjected to an oxidation surface treatment with subsequent fixing of the oxide.
Claims24
A bicycle component comprising:
- an aluminum body having a deoxidized surface portion and an oxidized surface portion;
- a composite material body adhesively coupled to at least one part of said deoxidized surface portion.
A method for manufacturing a bicycle component, said component comprising a first body made from aluminum and a second body made from composite material, said method comprising the following steps:
- carrying out a deoxidation surface treatment on a first surface portion of said first body;
- applying an adhesive substance on at least one part of said treated first surface portion;
- coupling said second body with said first body at said at least one part of said treated first surface portion;
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- carrying out an oxidation surface treatment with subsequent fixing of an oxide on at least one second surface portion of said first body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.