Patent ID: 8251604

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for securing a spoke to a rim ( 11 ) of a spoked wheel, comprising: a screw ( 3 ), adapted to be inserted in a through hole made in the rim ( 11 ); a body ( 6 ) extending from a first end to an opposite second end, the first end adapted to be secured to the rim ( 11 ), the first end of the body having an end surface configured to bear against an inner-facing surface of the rim when the body is secured to the rim ( 11 ) by means of the screw ( 3 ), the end surface surrounding a threaded hole ( 7 ) extending from the first end into the body in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the end surface, the threaded hole adapted to receive a threaded shank of the screw ( 3 ), an interior of the body forming a cavity adjacent to an end of the threaded hole ( 7 ), the cavity also in communication with an exit opening at the second end of the body, the cavity delimited by interior side walls of the body that become increasingly narrow along a direction toward the exit opening to form a seat ( 8 ) adapted to receive a rounded head ( 9 ) of a stud ( 2 ) connected to the spoke, the exit opening ( 14 ) comprising a passage extending from the seat ( 8 ) to the second end of the body ( 6 ); and a sealing ring ( 10 ) adapted to be inserted between the rim ( 11 ) and the body ( 6 ), wherein the end surface is comprised of a first annular surface surrounding the threaded hole and a second annular surface surrounding the threaded hole, the first annular surface having a width smaller than that of the second annular surface, the first and second annular surfaces separated by an annular ring seat ( 15 ) cut into the end surface between the first and second annular surfaces, and wherein the sealing ring ( 10 ) is housed in the ring seat ( 15 ) of the end surface.