81 |
Method for manufacturing bicycle wheel |
US13953739 |
2013-07-29 |
US08877292B2 |
2014-11-04 |
Michael Lee |
The bicycle wheel manufactured by the method of the present invention is made of composite material and has two opposite braking surfaces, each of which is coated with a fluoride polymer layer. Specifically, the braking surfaces are sand blasted to remove a releasing agent layer coated on the wheel. The wheel is, thereafter, placed in a spraying machine at about 100 degree Celsius and then the braking surfaces are spray-coated with a material selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoro ethylene, fluoride ethylene-propylene copolymer, polyfluoroalkyl, ethylene-tetrafluoro ethylene copolymer and the mixture thereof until a thickness of the material is bigger than 0.4 cm. Thereafter, the wheel is gradually heated to make the material set and form the fluoride polymer layers. |
82 |
ENHANCED BICYCLE BRAKING SURFACES |
US14062693 |
2013-10-24 |
US20140117745A1 |
2014-05-01 |
Mark Wilke; Tony Damhoff |
An apparatus including a bicycle wheel rim. At least a portion of the bicycle wheel rim can include a braking material. The braking material can have a roughness of about 1 micron to about 80 microns. |
83 |
BICYCLE RIM WITH BRAKE TRACK |
US13547255 |
2012-07-12 |
US20140015307A1 |
2014-01-16 |
Josh Poertner; Michael Hall; David Morse |
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. A brake track is disposed on each of the first and second sidewalls including a layer of microparticles. |
84 |
RIM ROTOR BRAKING SYSTEM |
US13934840 |
2013-07-03 |
US20140008963A1 |
2014-01-09 |
W. Cody Franklin |
A rim rotor braking system has an integrally formed rotor portion that is orientated at 90 degree to the rim. The rotor is compressed between calipers in a braking system that is attached to a portion of a vehicle such as a bicycle fork. The rotor's orientation maximizes heat transfer to the air and allows the braking system to efficiently stop the vehicle. The brake system may be mounted under the fork or adjacent to it. The rim may be made of aluminum, titanium, steel or any other suitable material. The braking mechanism may be mechanical, hydraulic or electric. In one embodiment, dual rotors are disposed on either side of the rim to provide extra braking power. In yet another embodiment, the rotor is replaceable. |
85 |
WHEEL RIM WITH A BRAKE ROTOR |
US12962669 |
2010-12-08 |
US20120146393A1 |
2012-06-14 |
Wayne-Ian Moore |
A wheel rim with a brake rotor includes a wheel rim having two retaining walls respectively and annularly formed on two lateral sides thereof. An annular groove is annularly defined between the two retaining walls for adapting to retain a tire. The wheel rim has a plurality of support plates spacedly formed on one retaining wall and extending toward a center of the wheel rim to form a hub hole defined therein. The hub hole is axially located at the center of the wheel rim for adapting to assemble with a wheel hub. A brake rotor is concentrically connected with the wheel rim and mounted with the other retaining wall of the wheel rim for adapting to be clamped by a disc brake. |
86 |
Rim Wear Indicator |
US12871757 |
2010-08-30 |
US20120049610A1 |
2012-03-01 |
Paul Lew |
A wheel rim for a human powered vehicle includes a rim with a braking surface and a wear indicator located beneath the braking surface, such that when the braking surface is worn away, the wear indicator is visually exposed. A method for determining if a predetermined amount of rim wear has occurred in a rim braking human powered vehicle is also provided. |
87 |
Method for manufacturing a rim |
US11519306 |
2006-09-12 |
US07603776B2 |
2009-10-20 |
Gerrit Jäger |
A rim and a method for manufacturing a rim in particular for bicycles in which first a rim body is manufactured having a hollow space with a radially outer and a radially inner hollow-space wall. The radially outer hollow-space wall has a diameter matched to the diameter of a tube tire and the radially inner hollow-space wall has a diameter matched to the diameter of a wire tire. |
88 |
Reinforced bicycle rim |
US11739748 |
2007-04-25 |
US07578563B2 |
2009-08-25 |
Tsutomu Muraoka; Takashi Yaegashi; Shinpei Okajima |
A bicycle rim is basically provided with an annular metallic rim member and a reinforcing member. The annular metallic rim member includes a plurality of spoke attachment areas with at least one spoke attachment opening in each of the spoke attachment areas. The reinforcing member overlies an exterior surface of the annular metallic rim member. The reinforcing member includes a plurality of spoke attachment sections individually arranged in a circumferential direction to overlie the spoke attachment openings. The spoke attachment sections include a plurality of discrete first reinforcing parts and a plurality of discrete second reinforcing parts. The first reinforcing parts are attached to the spoke attachment areas around the spoke attachment openings. The second reinforcing parts are attached to the spoke attachment areas to overlie the first reinforcing parts, with the second reinforcing parts being larger than the first reinforcing parts. |
89 |
Wheel rim |
US11801154 |
2007-05-08 |
US20080277998A1 |
2008-11-13 |
Chao-Ying Chen |
A wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a horizontally disposed rim axis. The rim body includes an annular base wall, and a pair of opposite annular side walls. The annular base wall is formed with a plurality of spoke fastening holes spaced apart from each other, and has two opposite lateral edges. The annular side walls extend radially, outwardly and respectively from the lateral edges of the annular base wall. Each of the annular side walls includes a hollow segment that defines an annular hole. The hollow segment has an inner wall portion disposed at an inner side of the annular hole and facing the other one of the annular side walls, and an outer wall portion connected to the inner wall portion and disposed at an outer side of the annular hole opposite to the inner side of the annular hole. |
90 |
COMPOSITE RIM |
US11938185 |
2007-11-09 |
US20080174168A1 |
2008-07-24 |
Chih-Hsiang YANG |
A composite rim includes a tire-receiving ring made of metal and a spoke-connecting ring made of plastic. The tire-receiving ring includes at least one dovetail formed on the bottom thereof and two sidewalls formed thereon. The spoke-connecting ring includes two brake-contacting members located tightly outside the sidewalls of the tire-receiving ring, a cross member formed between the brake-contacting members and at least one dovetail groove defined in the cross member for receiving the dovetail. |
91 |
Bicycle rim |
US11592325 |
2006-11-03 |
US07350877B1 |
2008-04-01 |
Tsutomu Muraoka; Takashi Yaegashi |
A bicycle rim is provided with an annular metallic rim member and reinforcing member. The annular metallic rim member has a plurality of spoke attachment areas with a spoke attachment opening in each of the spoke attachment areas. The reinforcing member extends circumferentially about the annular metallic rim member to overlie the spoke attachment areas of the annular metallic rim member. The reinforcing member has a plurality of spoke attachment sections overlying the spoke attachment areas, respectively, and a plurality of intermediate sections disposed between adjacent pairs of the spoke attachment sections, with the spoke attachment sections being thicker than the intermediate sections. |
92 |
Bicycle hub |
US11138646 |
2005-05-27 |
US07306292B2 |
2007-12-11 |
Tsutomu Muraoka; Kazuki Koshiyama |
A bicycle hub has an axle and a hub shell rotatably disposed about the axle with a plurality of fixing portions disposed at opposite ends of the hub shell. Each of the fixing elements has a pair of spoke attachment structures to attach a pair of inner ends of a pair of spokes to the hub shell. The fixing elements are removably coupled to the fixing portions of the hub shell. |
93 |
INTEGRATED BRAKE, SUSPENSION AND WHEEL SYSTEM |
US11610683 |
2006-12-14 |
US20070144839A1 |
2007-06-28 |
Dinesh Seksaria; Roger Kaufold; Thomas Murphy; Richard Sokol |
A brake system including a suspension component housing at least one actuation piston to reversibly extend a brake pad; and a wheel that is in rotational engagement to the suspension component, the wheel having a rim portion with an interior surface that is contacted by the brake pad of at least one actuation piston when in an extended position. |
94 |
Bicycle wheel rim with a wear-indicating projection |
US09717875 |
2000-11-21 |
US06418873B1 |
2002-07-16 |
Chao-Ying Chen |
A bicycle wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a central axis. The annular rim body includes annular left and right side walls spaced apart from each other. Each of the side walls has a radial inner edge proximate to the central axis, a radial outer edge distal to the central axis, and a lateral outer brake pad contacting surface opposite to the other one of the side walls. The annular rim body further includes an annular base wall interconnecting the radial inner edges of the left and right side walls. The brake pad contacting surface of each of the side walls is formed with a wear-indicating projection adapted to be in frictional contact with a brake pad. The wear-indicating projection is formed as a continuous annular projection that extends along a respective one of the side walls. The brake pad contacting surface gradually wears out during use of the bicycle wheel rim to eventually render the wear-indicating projection to wear off, thereby indicating that wearing of the bicycle wheel rim to a predetermined extent has occurred. |
95 |
Bicycle rim with wear indicator |
US09878391 |
2001-06-12 |
US06354668B2 |
2002-03-12 |
Shinpei Okajima; Tsutomu Muraoka |
A bicycle rim is provided with a wear indicator. The bicycle rim has an outer annular portion, an annular spoke attachment portion and a pair of oppositely facing annular braking surfaces. The outer annular portion is adapted to receive a tire and the annular spoke attachment portion is coupled to the outer annular portion. The annular spoke attachment portion is adapted to be coupled to a plurality of spokes. At least one of the annular braking surfaces has a wear indicator. |
96 |
Bicycle wheel rim |
US09591817 |
2000-06-12 |
US06273518B1 |
2001-08-14 |
Chao-Ying Chen |
A bicycle wheel rim includes spaced left and right annular tire retaining walls adapted for retaining a bicycle tire therebetween. Each of the tire retaining walls has a central axis, a radial inner edge proximate to the central axis, a radial outer edge distal to the central axis, and a brake pad contacting surface opposite to the other one of the tire retaining walls. An annular spoke mounting wall interconnects the radial inner edges of the tire retaining walls. The brake pad contacting surface of at least one of the tire retaining walls is formed with a plurality of radial grooves which are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction relative to the central axis and which extend along radial directions of the tire retaining walls from the radial inner edge to the radial outer edge. Each of the radial grooves has at least two opposite open ends formed respectively through the radial inner and radial outer edges. |
97 |
Wheel rim for bicycles |
US225406 |
1999-01-05 |
US6120105A |
2000-09-19 |
Lai Jiann Chern |
A wheel rim for a bicycle includes an annular slot formed between two peripheral sides each having a number of grooves formed in the outer surface and formed between a number of concentric ribs which are used for engaging with a brake pad. The outer surfaces of the wheel rim each includes a wavy shape. The ribs are preferably tooth-shaped. The wheel rim includes two or more concentric bulges formed between the ribs and having a height greater than that of the concentric ribs for engaging with the brake pad and for facilitating the braking operation of the bicycle. |
98 |
Bicycle wheel rim capable of cooperating with brake shoes to bring about
smooth and stable braking action |
US935249 |
1997-09-22 |
US6065812A |
2000-05-23 |
Min-Hsiang Lee |
A bicycle wheel rim is composed of a friction surface extending along the rim. The friction surface is provided with a plurality of action units each having a primary action area and a secondary action area and a secondary action area. The primary action area has a flat surface capable of frictional engagement with the brake shoes of a bicycle brake system. The secondary action area has a concave surface capable of frictional engagement with the brake shoes of the bicycle brake system. The action units of the bicycle wheel rim are thus capable of cooperating with the brake shoes to bring about a smooth and stable braking action for slowing or stopping the bicycle wheel in motion. |
99 |
Radial tire/wheel assembly for high brake heat generated service |
US682451 |
1996-07-17 |
US5882450A |
1999-03-16 |
Traian Benchea |
A vehicle tire and wheel assembly for use in high brake heat generated service has an overall tire diameter (TD) of approximately 43 inches and an overall wheel diameter (WD) of approximately 24.5 inches to provide a ratio of approximately 1.76. The tire section height (H) is approximately 9.2 inches and the tire section width (W) is approximately 11.5 inches. The tire is of a radial construction containing steel reinforcing cords. |
100 |
Wheel rim for a bicycle |
US320823 |
1989-03-07 |
US5056630A |
1991-10-15 |
Yoshihiko Fujii; Bunji Mutoh; Yoshitaka Tamura; Kiyofumi Hirai |
A wheel rim for a two-wheeled vehicle has a spray coated metallic and/or ceramic layer covering at least a part of a rim surface with which a brake shoe is brought into contact when a brake is applied. |