Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Tension wheel; e.g. – spoke
Patent
1998-08-06
1999-08-03
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Tension wheel; e.g., spoke
301 59, B60B 102
Patent
active
059315440
ABSTRACT:
A tensioned spoked wheel assembly is disclosed. The wheel has a center plane and comprises a hub with a first hub flange on one side of the wheel center plane and a second hub flange on the other side of the wheel center plane, a rim, at least three pairs of first and second spokes and at least three unpaired spokes. The first spokes of the spoke pairs are connected to the first hub flange and to the rim at a first set of circtimferentiatlly spaced points. The second spokes of the spoke pairs are connected to the second hub flange and to the rim at points which are circumferentially coincident with the first set of circumferentially spaced points. The unpaired spokes are connected to the hub, in or immediately adjacent the wheel center plane, and to the rim, respectively, so that tension is applied by the unpaired spokes between the hub and a second plurality of points which are circumferentially spaced substantially evenly around the rim and positioned approximately mid-way between the first plurality of points where the paired spokes are connected to the rim. The wheel is remarkably light weight and a bicycles having a front wheel according to the invention is not susceptible to speed shimmy or wobble induced in the front end.
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Purdue David C.
Purdue John C.
Stormer Russell D.
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