Patent ID: 8366202

Claim:
A composite rim comprising: a first sidewall portion; a second sidewall portion; a radially outer portion that includes a radially outwardly-facing tire-engaging surface and one of first and second crown portions and first and second bead portions; a reinforcing assembly disposed at one of the first and second crown portions and the first and second bead portions; and a plurality of fiber-reinforced sheets sandwiching the reinforcing assembly, the reinforcing assembly including: a reinforcer having an axis extending circumferentially about the composite rim, the reinforcer comprising a bundle of fibers, and a containment member for containing the bundle of fibers of the reinforcer, the containment member including a thread woven about the bundle of fibers of the reinforcer, the reinforcing assembly configured to reinforce the composite rim in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the reinforcer, wherein the thread is stitched through the fiber-reinforced sheets for mechanically coupling the fiber-reinforced sheets and the bundle.