Patent ID: 6409279
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A bicycle wheel for installation on a wheel axle having an axis said bicycle wheel comprising:a hub for mounting rotatably on the wheel axle, said hub having left and right end portions which are opposite to each other along an axis of the wheel axle, said left and right end portions being formed with respective annular mounting flanges which surround the axis of the wheel axle; a plurality of mounting seats arranged around the axis of the wheel axle and mounted pivotally on said mounting flanges of said hub; a wheel rim disposed around said hub and said mounting seats, said wheel rim including an annular tire retaining portion and an annular spoke mounting portion which extends radially and inwardly from said tire retaining portion; and a plurality of spokes having outer ends mounted on said spoke mounting portion of said wheel rim, and inner ends mounted on said mounting seats for mounting said wheel rim on said hub, wherein said mounting seats are pivoted to said mounting flanges of said hub so as to be pivotable about pivot axes that are parallel to the axis of the wheel axle, and wherein each of said mounting flanges of said hub has a plurality of pivot holes formed therethrough, said pivot holes having axes parallel to the axis of the wheel axle and being arranged around and angularly spaced apart relative to the axis of the wheel axle, each of said mounting seats including first and second side walls respectively disposed on opposite left and right sides of a corresponding one of said mounting flanges and which are formed with aligned through holes that are aligned with a respective one of said pivot holes in the corresponding one of said mounting flanges, each of said mounting seats further including at least one mounting wall interconnecting said side walls and formed with a mounting hole for mounting said inner end of a respective one of said spokes, and pivot shaft extending through said through holes and the respective one of said pivot holes.