| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 301059000 | Hub and spoke connection | 11 |
| 20080309152 | WHEEL INCLUDING A RIM, A HUB, AND A DEVICE FOR COUPLING THE RIM TO THE HUB - A wheel including a rim, a hub, and at least one device for coupling the rim to the hub, the coupling device including a spoke associated with a first head, the hub defining a first groove for receiving a portion of the spoke in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the wheel, and, along a tangential direction with respect to the hub, the hub further defines an abutment along the tangential direction for supporting the head. The hub includes an arrangement for retaining the head along a radial direction, when the spoke is oriented tangentially with respect to the hub. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090127922 | BICYCLE HUB - A bicycle hub comprises a central tube having an axial receiving groove for installing an axial shaft of a wheel; a first peripheral disk formed at one end of the central tube; a second peripheral disk formed at another end of the central tube; the second peripheral disk being formed with a plurality of axial insertion holes for receiving radiation spokes; a peripheral of the second peripheral disk being formed with a plurality of ribs; each rib having a penetrating axial installing hole; and each rib of the first peripheral disk having a positioning groove; two ends of the positioning groove being opened at two lateral sides of the rib so as to form the openings; the positioning groove being approximately transversal to an axial direction of the installing hole and a lower side of the installing hole is opened to the positioning groove. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100052411 | BICYCLE WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAVING DISSIMILAR LATERAL SPOKE LACINGS - A bicycle wheel assembly having a number of spokes that extends between a hub and a rim. The wheel assembly includes a drive side that faces a chain and a non-drive side that is laterally spaced from the drive side. The spokes that extend between the hub and the rim on the drive side of the wheel assembly are oriented in a series of radial spokes and one-cross spoke pairs. Preferably, the drive side spokes are oriented in a repeating pattern. The non-drive side spokes are oriented in a repeating pattern wherein each spoke crosses more than one other non-drive side spoke. A wheel having such a spoke lacing pattern is lightweight and robust. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110193403 | Bicycle Spoke and Hub Assembly - A bicycle spoke and hub assembly comprises a hub and a connected device. The hub includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the hub has an installing portion. The installing portion has an opening distal from the second end of the hub. The connected device includes a seat and at least one spoke extended from the seat. The seat and the spoke are made of one piece. The seat of the connected device is installed to the installing portion. The spoke includes a first portion integrally formed on the seat and at least two second portions installed to a rim. The stress applied on the spoke will be dissipated on the seat because the first portion is integrally formed on an outer surface of the seat. Stress concentration will not be caused between the seat and the spoke. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110291466 | BICYCLE WHEEL SPOKE ASSEMBLY - A bicycle wheel spoke assembly includes a spoke and a spoke nut. The spoke has a rim attachment end and a hub attachment end. The spoke nut has a main body with a cylindrical shaped outer surface and a bore extending at least partially through the main body. The outer surface has at least one axially extending rib configured for engagement with a spoke aperture of a bicycle wheel hub. The bore of the main body of the spoke nut includes threads with the hub attachment end of the spoke being threadedly secured within the bore. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120248854 | HUB FOR A BICYCLE - A hub and wheel equipped therewith includes a hub body and an axle rotatably receiving the hub body, the hub body being provided with at least one circumferential hub flanges which serve for accommodation and defined orientation of a multitude of spokes. Each of the spokes has a spoke body and a flattened spoke head. The hub flange is configured to fix the flattened spoke head to only one axial side wall. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130207448 | FORCE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL SPOKE - A force-distributing apparatus for a bicycle wheel spoke includes a force-distributing body having a free-end first surface and a second surface disposed at an opposite side of the first surface. The first surface substantially has the shape of a truncated sphere, and the force-distributing body has a spoke-receiving opening that extends through the first surface. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20160114620 | VEHICLE WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY - A vehicle wheel hub assembly including an axle extending along an axial axis, a hub shell with a hub flange that is rotatable about the axle, a bearing and at least one spoke assembled and connected to the hub flange at the opening. The hub flange includes an opening to receive the spoke. The axle includes an aperture that serves to provide assembly clearance to reduce or eliminate deformation of the spoke during the assembly of the spoke with the opening. | 04-28-2016 |
| 301061000 | Distinct spoke socket sleeve | 3 |
| 20100033006 | Vehicle wheel spoke connection - A wheel, comprised of a peripheral wheel rim, a central hub with a central axle and an outer flange, a plurality of spokes extending between the rim and hub, a connecting element connected to at least one of said spokes, and a bracing element connected to said connecting element. The spokes have a first portion connected to the rim and a second portion opposed to the first portion and connected to the hub and a span portion between the rim and hub. The spoke is a generally slender element with a longitudinal axis and also has a tensile axis of applied tensile load along the span portion. The bracing element includes at least a portion of at least one of the rim and hub. The connecting element includes a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion integrally joined to the second portion at a joining interface. This integral joinder of the first portion and second portion of the connecting element serves to at least one of retain and engage the spoke to the connecting element. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20130207449 | FORCE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL SPOKE - A force-distributing apparatus for a bicycle wheel spoke includes a force-distributing body having a free-end first surface and a second surface disposed at an opposite side of the first surface. The force-distributing body has a spoke-receiving opening that extends through the first surface. In one embodiment, the first surface substantially has the shape of a truncated sphere. In another embodiment, the force distributing body has a generally cylindrical shape. In another embodiment, the spoke-receiving opening is formed eccentrically in the force-distributing body. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20160136996 | Single Shell Bicycle Hub with Enlarged Drive-Side Flange - A single shell bicycle wheel hub described herein facilitates improved performance and reduced energy loss. A rear hub assembly includes a single shell that forms a non-drive-side spoke flange and a drive-side spoke flange. The drive-side flange is enlarged relative to the non-drive-side flange thereby improving the angle of the spoke attachment to the hub and facilitating more even spoke tensioning. For example, a drive-side flange diameter is at least 100 mm. The flanges are optionally tilted toward a wheel center line to more directly align the flange and spoke holes with the assembled spokes. The single shell hub is formed so as to receive three sets of bearings with two of the three sets of bearings mounted near the center line of the hub assembly. | 05-19-2016 |
