Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
301950102 | Composite | 39 |
20080265658 | RIM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RIM - A rim and a method of producing a rim for bicycles and the like includes a rim body and a rim base provided thereon and lateral rim flanks provided with rim flanges. The rim flanges include a fibrous composite material having at least one fiber layer. The rim flanges include inwardly overhanging bulges of squashed fiber layers between which a tire can be accommodated at the rim body. | 10-30-2008 |
20080315676 | WHEEL RIM COMPONENTS, RIMS, WHEELS, WHEELED APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH - A wheel having a tire receiving ring and a fiber reinforced plastic rim. The ring has a ring outer annular surface, and a ring inner annular surface, wherein the ring inner annular surface defines a material opening. The fiber reinforced plastic rim has a rim outer annular surface. The ring inner annular surface and rim outer annular surface are abutted together. | 12-25-2008 |
20100301664 | BICYCLE RIM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A bicycle rim includes a substantially H-shaped outer part including an annular body and two sidewalls. A tire space is defined between the annular body and the two sidewalls. A substantially U-shaped inner part is connected to the outer part. The inner part and the outer part are made by composite material. The outer part is made before the inner part which is combined with the outer part in another mold. | 12-02-2010 |
20110057504 | VEHICLE WHEEL - There is provided a vehicle wheel which can reduce a rolling resistance by rising a tire temperature with a simple structure. A heat-insulation rubber is pasted on all circumference surface of a portion of an outer circumference surface of a rim other than a bead seating portion where a bead portion of a tire closely contacts and a rim flange portion. The heat-insulation rubber suppresses any heat transfer from air in a tire air chamber and from the internal surface of the tire to the rim at the outer circumference surface of the rim which contacts the air in the tire air chamber. | 03-10-2011 |
20110057505 | VEHICLE WHEEL - There is provided a vehicle wheel that can suppress any detachment of a sub air chamber from a well portion when a fixing member between the sub air chamber and the well portion becomes defective by any possibility. A vehicle wheel comprises a sub-air-chamber member which reduces any air column resonance of a tire and which is disposed on an outer circumference surface of a well portion of a rim. The sub-air-chamber member is fixed on the well-portion outer circumference surface, the sub-air-chamber member is covered by a cover made of a rubber from an external side, and the cover is fixed on an outer circumference surface of the rim at both sides of the sub-air-chamber member in a rim width direction. | 03-10-2011 |
20110084543 | Bead Seat Clincher - A bead seat clincher bicycle rim includes a tire supporting surface bounded by a first straight sidewall and a second straight sidewall wherein said bicycle rim does not comprise bead hooks. A method for forming a bead seat clincher rim includes forming composite plies in a bottom portion of a mold and placing a single piece upper portion over the bottom portion. A bladder is inflated in the center of the mold to form a closed cavity within the rim. The rim is cured and the bladder is deflated. The single piece upper portion and bottom portion of the mold are removed. | 04-14-2011 |
20110089750 | OPTIMAL THERMAL PROPERTIES IN LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PERFORMANCE BRAKING COMPOSITE CLINCHER OR TUBULAR TIRE BICYCLE WHEEL RIM - A fiber reinforced plastic bicycle wheel rim is formed of six segments per side and formed in a section having precisely formed, machinable brake surfaces and preferably combining inner high modulus fiber reinforced plastic lamination as a main structural body and an outer lamination of improved frictional coefficient materials at the braking surfaces. The main structural body with overlapped individual sheets of unidirectional fiber reinforced plastic, having crossing fibers, in segments, and continuous unidirectional fiber bundles in areas of concentrated load, enables strong, light wheels for sew up or clincher tires to be formed. Because of the unique thermodynamic properties of a clincher bicycle wheel rim, an all-composite rim formed with an epoxy matrix with a Tg of 350 or greater is advantageous. | 04-21-2011 |
20110273001 | Composite Rim for a Bicycle Wheel - A composite rim for a bicycle wheel generally includes a radially outer tire-engaging portion, a radially inner spoke-engaging portion and first and second sidewalls. The second sidewall is spaced apart from the first sidewall. The first and second sidewalls extend between the tire engaging and spoke-engaging portions. The rim includes at least one through-hole and a pattern of through-thickness stitching reinforcement at the through-hole. The tire-engaging and spoke-engaging portions and first and second sidewalls form a toroid. | 11-10-2011 |
20120013172 | RIM OR RIM PORTION MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A wheel rim having an axis of rotation, the rim including a first element in the form of a section of a solid of revolution about the axis, made in a single unitary piece from composite material and including a first end and a second end distinct from one another. The first element is made by pultrusion and constitutes, between the first end and the second end, a section of a solid of revolution having an angular arc greater than 350°, the composite material of the first element includes fibers embedded in a thermosetting matrix, the fibers constituting at least 50% of the weight of the first element. | 01-19-2012 |
20120025597 | BICYCLE RIM - A bicycle rim is provided with a pair of circumferential side walls and an outer bridge connecting radial outer ends between the first and second circumferential side walls. At least one of the first and second circumferential side walls includes a first portion of a non-resin material with a first thermal conductivity and a second portion of a non-resin material with a second thermal conductivity. The second portion extends more than half in a circumferential direction along the at least one of the first and second circumferential side walls. The second thermal conductivity of the second portion is higher than the first thermal conductivity of the first portion. The first and second portions at least partially overlaps in a thickness direction of the at least one of the first and second circumferential side walls. | 02-02-2012 |
20120056467 | WHEEL RIM, AND WHEEL AND VEHICLE USING SAME - A wheel rim configured to enhance the durability of the tire by reducing the temperature of the tire during running. A wheel rim | 03-08-2012 |
20120153709 | RIM OF A FIBROUS COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY MUSCLE-POWERED BICYCLES - A rim for a bicycle having a rim body including a rim well and a rim base and rim flanks connecting the rim base and the rim well wherein the rim flanks and the rim base consist of a fibrous composite material. A minimum wall thickness of the rim flanks is thinner in one radial region than in another radial region. The rim body is bulbous in cross-section. A maximum height from the rim base to the rim well is less than 1.5 times and in particular less than 1.2 times the maximum width. | 06-21-2012 |
20120193970 | Bicycle Rim - According to the present invention, a bicycle rim comprises a body having an axis defining a center thereof. The body includes an outer periphery and an inner periphery. The outer periphery and the axis have an outer radius therebetween, and the outer radius is constant. The inner periphery includes a first portion having non constant diameter. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193971 | BICYCLE RIM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A bicycle rim is basically provided with an outer rim portion and an inner rim portion. The outer rim portion has a ring shape of a first material. The inner rim portion is joined to the outer rim portion. The inner rim portion has a ring shape of a second material with an internal residual stress distribution resulting from the ring shape being formed by spinning of the second material. | 08-02-2012 |
20120292980 | WHEEL RIM FOR BICYCLE AND PRODUCING METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A wheel rim for bicycle of the present invention includes a carbon fiber main body and two strengthen layers. The strengthen layers are made of metal and are attached to two side surfaces of the main body by electroplating. As such, brake pads can rub against the wheel rim on the strengthen layers. Heat dissipation efficiency is enhanced so as to keep the wheel rim away from deformation, and the wheel rim is reinforced as well. Therefore, the wheel rim is made durable. | 11-22-2012 |
20130026816 | LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLE WHEELS WITH CARBON FIBER INSERTS - Application of carbon fiber reinforced polymer structures to metal vehicle wheels is effective in reducing the mass of the wheel while retaining suitable stiffness in the wheel structure. For maximum effect the reinforced polymer structure and the metal wheel must operate cooperatively. Because of the wide range of operating temperatures experienced by wheels and the large difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between metals and carbon fiber reinforced composites attachment of the polymer structure to the wheel by adhesive alone is problematical. However a wheel with an effective and durable reinforcement may be fabricated by confining, through mechanical interference, the reinforced polymer in a cavity in or on the spoke and by preheating the wheel before curing the polymer. | 01-31-2013 |
20130043717 | BICYCLE RIM WITH INTEGRAL IMPACT RESISTANT STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MAKING - A FRP rim for a bicycle, including a radially outer tire-engaging portion and a radially inner spoke-engaging portion. A first sidewall is in a spaced configuration with a second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls extend between the radially outer tire-engaging portion and the radially inner spoke-engaging portion and one or more integral bumper is located on an outermost radial extent or peak portion of the radially outer tire-engaging portion. | 02-21-2013 |
20130057050 | COMPOSITE BICYCLE WHEEL - A composite bicycle wheel is provided with a first circumferential side wall, a second circumferential side wall and an outer bridge. The first circumferential side wall has a radial inner end and a radial outer end. The second circumferential side wall has a radial inner end and a radial outer end. The outer bridge connects the radial outer ends of the first and second circumferential side walls. At least one of the outer bridge and the first and second circumferential side walls includes a vibration suppression layer. | 03-07-2013 |
20130069421 | RIM LINER - A rim assembly for receiving a tire includes a rim having an outer ring-shaped member defining an outer surface, and a rim liner having a ring-shaped body formed to generally match the contours of the outer surface of the rim. The rim liner is positioned within a recess formed in at least a portion of the outer surface of the rim so as to maintain an intended industry standard sizing for rims and tires. | 03-21-2013 |
20130169029 | BICYCLE RIM - A bicycle includes a notch centrally defined therein and two support portions respectively formed on two opposite edges of the notch, wherein each support portion complementally corresponds to lateral nipples. The bottom of the notch is divided into a first inclined face and a second inclined face. Each inclined face has a series of first through holes equally and vertically defined therein such that each first through hole has an axis forming an angle with a corresponding one of the diameters of the bicycle rim, wherein the first through holes in the first inclined face are interlaced to that in the second inclined face. | 07-04-2013 |
20130241269 | RIM LINER - A rim assembly for receiving a tire includes a rim having an outer ring-shaped member defining an outer surface, and a rim liner having a ring-shaped body formed to generally match the contours of the outer surface of the rim. The rim liner is positioned within a recess formed in at least a portion of the outer surface of the rim so as to maintain an intended industry standard sizing for rims and tires. | 09-19-2013 |
20140042798 | COMPOSITE BICYCLE RIM - A composite bicycle rim includes a first annular side wall, a second annular side wall and an annular bridge. The first annular side wall has a first braking contact portion. The second annular side wall has a second braking contact portion. The annular bridge extends between the first and second annular side walls. At least one of the first and second braking contact portions has a plurality of exposed hard particles partially embedded in a non-metallic layer. The exposed hard particles are partially exposed on an outermost surface of the at least one of the first and second braking contact portions. | 02-13-2014 |
20140049097 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A BICYCLE WHEEL RIM - A method for manufacturing a bicycle wheel rim includes: (a) providing a first mold assembly which includes an inner mold and an outer mold, the outer mold having an annular first forming face to surround an annular second forming face of the inner mold; (b) disposing annularly a first prepreg preform that overlie annularly and respectively the annular first and second forming faces; (c) causing the first and second forming faces to press the concaved faces and thermoforming the first prepreg preform to obtain an annular outer rim part; (d) forming a second prepreg preform into an annular inner rim part; and (e) combining the annular outer rim part with the annular inner rim part to form a wheel rim. | 02-20-2014 |
20140110993 | WHEEL FRAME OF THE FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A wheel frame of the fiber composite material includes multiple arched frame bars each including a foam body made out of a foam material and a fiber composite cover layer made out of a fiber composite material and wrapped about the foam body, the arched frame bars being joined together by means of connection surface portions of the fiber composite cover layers thereof to form a circular wheel frame, the connection surface portions of each two adjacent arched frame bars forming a support face to work as a support rib supporting the wheel frame. Thus, the fiber composite wheel frame has the characteristic of lightweight and will not easily break. | 04-24-2014 |
20140145497 | CONNECTIBLE WHEEL RIM STRUCTURE FOR A BICYCLE - A connectible wheel rim structure for a bicycle includes a wheel rim body and a plurality of metal connectors. The wheel rim body has a plurality of sub wheel rims. Each sub wheel rim has an assembling groove defined thereon to assemble with a bicycle tire. | 05-29-2014 |
20140167492 | BICYCLE RIM MADE WITH ALUMINUM AND CARBON FIBERS - A bicycle rim includes an outer rim made by aluminum and initially formed as an elongate member which has two connection ends which are connected to each other to form a ring-shaped rim. The outer rim has two sidewalls and a tire groove is defined between the two sidewalls. The outer rim has at least one rib located in opposite to the tire groove and the at least one rib has a hook-shaped flange. An inner rim made by carbon fibers and is connected to the inner periphery of the outer rim. The inner rim encloses the at least one rib. | 06-19-2014 |
20140333122 | RIM WELL WITH INTEGRATED FLANGE MADE OF FIBER COMPOSITES AS WELL AS METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A rim well with integrated flange made of fiber composite as well as to a method for manufacturing same. The flange is formed by inwardly directed protuberances of fiber layers of the rim well, wherein the fiber layers transition to the flange from the rim well without interruption of the fibers. The manufacture is carried out by depositing fiber material on a mold, which corresponds to the contour of the rim well and has a radially circumferential or segmented groove. The fibers are deposited such that the fibers of at least one fiber layer have protuberances directed into the groove. A multipart mold, which makes it possible to reduce the width of the groove and thus a deformation of the protuberances, is preferably used. | 11-13-2014 |
20140346849 | BICYCLE RIM - A bicycle rim includes a radially outer peripheral part, a radially inner peripheral part, at least one first slanting member, and at least one intermediate member. The at least one first slanting member radially extends between the radially outer peripheral part and the radially inner peripheral part in a first direction slanted with respect to a radial direction of the bicycle rim as viewed in an axial direction of the bicycle rim. The at least one intermediate member is disposed between the radially outer peripheral part and the radially inner peripheral part. | 11-27-2014 |
20150054333 | Wheel with Tubeless Tire - A wheel includes a multi-layered rim, a sealing tape and a pressure-resistant tape. The multi-layered rim includes two layers. The first layer includes apertures for nipples. The second layer includes apertures corresponding to the apertures of the first layer. The sealing tape is used to wrap the second layer to seal the apertures of the second layer. The pressure-resistant tape is used to cover and support the sealing tape against high pressure. | 02-26-2015 |
301950103 | Laminated | 10 |
20080296961 | RIM FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH A WEAR INDICATOR AND WHEEL COMPRISING SUCH A RIM - A composite rim ( | 12-04-2008 |
20090058180 | Reinforced Composite Rim - A composite rim including a reinforcing assembly is provided. The composite rim includes a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, a radially outer portion and a reinforcing assembly. The radially outer portion includes a radially outwardly-facing tire-engaging surface. The reinforcing assembly is disposed proximate the tire-engaging surface and includes a reinforcer and a containment member for containing the reinforcer. The reinforcer has an axis extending circumferentially about the composite rim and is configured to reinforce the composite rim in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the reinforcer. | 03-05-2009 |
20100320831 | COMPOSITE RIM - A composite rim of the present invention includes a metallic outer sub-rim and a carbon composite material based inner sub-rim. The outer sub-rim is an integrated structure and has an inner surface, on which the inner sub-rim is attached. Thereby, the material consumption is reduced and the mechanical strength is maintained in the meanwhile. | 12-23-2010 |
20110089751 | COMPOSITE RIM AND A WHEEL HAVING SUCH RIM - A cycle rim that includes a metallic profile element, a covering made of composite material and including fibers embedded in a first matrix that covers the metallic profile element, at least over a portion thereof, and further including a spacer which is inserted between the profile element and the covering. The metallic profile element includes at least two sidewalls connected by a bridge, the covering including at least two flanks, each of the flanks covering one of the sidewalls, and the spacer is inserted between each of the sidewalls and the flank which covers it. | 04-21-2011 |
20120056468 | Carbon Bodied Bicycle Rim with Ceramic Brake Portion - According to the present invention, a carbon bodied bicycle rim with ceramic brake portion comprises a carbon bodied bicycle rim and a protective film thermal sprayed on the carbon bodied bicycle. The carbon bodied bicycle rim includes two brake portion respectively formed on two sides thereof. Each brake portion has an outer surface. The protective film is thermal sprayed on the outer surface of the brake portion, by which the brake portion has a characteristic of wear-resisting and thermal dissipation. The protective film includes an aluminum layer thermal sprayed on the brake portion and a ceramic layer thermal sprayed on the aluminum layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120062021 | Wheel Lip - A wheel rim comprising a lip formed on the wheel rim, the lip running parallel to the circumference of the rim. A method of forming a lip on a wheel rim, the method comprising: forming fiber layers on an upper and lower portion of a mold; forming fiber layers on an upper and lower portion of a mold; curing the fiber layers; removing the cured rim from the upper and lower portions of the mold; in which the internal surface of the lower portion of the mold comprises an indention that, once the fiber layers are cured, creates a lip on the surface of the rim. | 03-15-2012 |
20120139326 | Reinforced Composite Rim - A composite rim including a reinforcing assembly is provided. The composite rim includes a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, a radially outer portion and a reinforcing assembly. The radially outer portion includes a radially outwardly-facing tire-engaging surface. The reinforcing assembly is disposed proximate the tire-engaging surface and includes a reinforcer and a containment member for containing the reinforcer. The reinforcer has an axis extending circumferentially about the composite rim and is configured to reinforce the composite rim in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the reinforcer. | 06-07-2012 |
20120242138 | Carbon Bodied Bicycle Rim with Reinforcement Layer - According to the present invention, a bicycle rim comprises a rim body and a reinforcement layer. Each of the rim body and the reinforcement layer is constructed of carbon fiber, and the reinforcement layer is integrally formed on the rim body. | 09-27-2012 |
20140191566 | Vehicle Wheel with a Rim Made of Fiber-Reinforced Synthetic Material - A vehicle wheel having a rim, or a rim of a vehicle wheel, is provided wherein the rim consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic material in the form of several layers of a fiber-reinforced semi-finished plastic product. The layers are shaped to form a finished component in a press while heat is supplied. The rim conventionally consists of a rim well, whose two sides are adjoined by a rim shoulder, which transitions into a rim flange. The rim well is formed by several layers of a base laminate, which extends to the rim flange, between which layers further layers are inserted in the area of the rim shoulder as well as of the rim flange. The further layers have an essentially tangential fiber alignment. | 07-10-2014 |
20160375724 | REINFORCED BICYCLE RIM - A bicycle wheel including a hub and a rim coupled to the hub. The wheel also includes a cover that is coupled to rim and that defines a bead seat engageable by a tire. The rim can have a first annular feature and the cover can have a second annular feature that is complementary to the first annular feature to attach the cover to the rim. | 12-29-2016 |