Patent ID: 6767069
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A bicycle wheel rim for mounting a plurality of spokes thereon, comprising:an annular rim body including left and right annular tire retaining walls adapted for retaining a bicycle tire therebetween, and an annular spoke mounting wall connected to said tire retaining walls and formed with a plurality of spoke fastening holes therethrough for mounting of the spokes thereon, each of said tire retaining walls having an inner edge proximate to a central axis of said rim body, an outer edge distal from said central axis of said rim body, and an outer lateral surface that extends between said inner and outer edges, that faces away from the other of said tire retaining walls, and that lies on a first plane, said spoke mounting wall having left and right edges, each of which is connected to said inner edge of a respective one of said tire retaining walls, and a radial inner surface that extends between said left and right edges, that faces toward said central axis of said rim body, and that lies on a second plane; and left and right annular corner reinforcing members, each of which is formed integrally with said rim body at a junction of a corresponding one of said left and right edges of said spoke mounting wall with said inner edge of the respective one of said tire retaining walls, each of said corner reinforcing members extending laterally outward relative to the first plane of said outer lateral surface of the respective one of said tire retaining walls, and further extending radially inward relative to the second plane of said radial inner surface of said spoke mounting wall.