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Wheel with tension spokes

  • US 7,950,747 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2006
  • Issued: 05/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tensioned spoke wheel comprising:

  • a rim;

    a central hub; and

    a plurality of spokes extending between the rim and the central hub;

    an exterior of the rim having a tire-receiving channel defining a median plane;

    an interior of the rim having spoke fastening zones defining a median plane for fastening the spokes;

    the hub having a median plane and two flanges for fastening the spokes, a first of the two flanges being axially closer to the median plane of the hub than a second of the two flanges;

    more than one of the plurality of spokes being fastened to the first of the two flanges;

    more than one of the plurality of spokes being fastened to the second of the two flanges;

    said more than one of the plurality of spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges lacking individual tensioning means;

    said more than one of the plurality of spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges being fastened to the rim on a side of the median plane of the tire-receiving channel that is opposite said first of the two flanges;

    each of the spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges having a length different from a length of each of the spokes fastened to the second of the two flanges;

    in a non-tensioned state, the spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges extend within a plane, the spokes fastened to the second of the two flanges not extending within a plane.

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