Patent ID: 6517169
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A spoked wheel for a bicycle which has an axle defining an axis, comprising:a wheel hub which has an inner hub wall surface adapted to be rotatably mounted on the axle about the axis, and an outer hub wall surface opposite to said inner hub wall surface in radial directions, said outer hub wall surface including left and right surrounding ends opposite to each other in an axial direction parallel to the axis; left and right flanges extending in radial directions respectively from said left and right surrounding ends and terminating respectively at left and right surrounding edges which are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction; left and right surrounding mounts extending in the axial direction respectively from said left and right surrounding edges, said left and right surrounding mounts having left and right sets of first anchored sites respectively, each of said left and right sets of first anchored sites including a plurality of first anchored loci angularly displaced from one another about the axis; an annular wheel rim which is disposed to surround said wheel hub about the axis, and which includes an annular rim wall surrounding and facing towards said outer hub wall surface, said annular rim wall including left and right annular wall portions opposite to each other in the axial direction, said left and right annular wall portions having left and right sets of second anchored sites respectively, each of said left and right sets of second anchored sites including a plurality of second anchored loci which are angularly displaced from one another about the axis; and left and right sets of spokes, each set having a plurality of spoke units, each of said spoke units including proximate and distal anchoring ends which respectively engage a corresponding one of said first anchored loci and a corresponding one of said second anchored loci to form a plane such that left and right planes respectively formed by a corresponding pair of said first anchored loci, a corresponding pair of said second anchored loci, a corresponding pair of said proximate anchoring ends, and a corresponding pair of said distal anchoring ends, are coplanar with each other.