Patent ID: 9421817
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B60B

Claim Text:
1. A wheel for at least partially muscle-powered vehicles and in particular two-wheeled vehicles comprising: a hub and a rim having a plurality of spoke holes and a plurality of spoke systems for connecting the hub with the rim; a spoke system comprises at least one spoke and a spoke nipple; at least one reinforcing unit is provided with a through hole between at least one spoke nipple and the rim; the reinforcing unit is a disk type and is configured curved about at least one longitudinal axis and comprises a convex inner rim contact surface for resting on a concave orientation area of the rim matched thereto, and the reinforcing unit comprises a concave outside surface at which a nipple accommodation is provided at a depression having a concave nipple contact surface with a corresponding curvature to accommodate a matched, convex supporting area of the spoke nipple, wherein the concave outside surface of the nipple accommodation has a radius of curvature that is less than half the radius of curvature of the concave outside surface of the reinforcing unit.