Patent ID: 6474746
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A rim for a spoked bicycle wheel, made of section comprising:an outer circumferential wall and an inner circumferential wall, connected to each other by two side walls; and means for supporting a plurality of nuts or nipples for tightening the wheel spokes, each nipple being designed to be screwed on a threaded end portion of a respective spoke, wherein said means comprise a plurality of nipple supports connected to the rim and arranged outside the section that forms the rim, each of the said nipple supports having a seat for supporting a respective nipple at least partially outside the section that forms the rim, and wherein each nipple support consists of a bridge-type bracket which is set substantially in a radial plane containing the axis of the rim and has two opposite ends connected to the rim and a central part having an opening the edge of which functions as a supporting seat for the head of a respective nipple designed to be inserted into said opening.