Patent ID: 7950747
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B60B,B60Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tensioned spoke wheel comprising: a rim; a central hub; and a plurality of spokes extending between the rim and the central hub; an exterior of the rim having a tire-receiving channel defining a median plane; an interior of the rim having spoke fastening zones defining a median plane for fastening the spokes; the hub having a median plane and two flanges for fastening the spokes, a first of the two flanges being axially closer to the median plane of the hub than a second of the two flanges; more than one of the plurality of spokes being fastened to the first of the two flanges; more than one of the plurality of spokes being fastened to the second of the two flanges; said more than one of the plurality of spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges lacking individual tensioning means; said more than one of the plurality of spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges being fastened to the rim on a side of the median plane of the tire-receiving channel that is opposite said first of the two flanges; each of the spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges having a length different from a length of each of the spokes fastened to the second of the two flanges; in a non-tensioned state, the spokes fastened to the first of the two flanges extend within a plane, the spokes fastened to the second of the two flanges not extending within a plane.