Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Compression wheel
Patent
1988-10-14
1990-06-05
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Compression wheel
301104, 301 67, 301 74, B60B 106
Patent
active
049308432
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle wheel is disclosed having no more than five airfoil shaped spokes linking a central hub to a peripheral rim in a blown and hollow fiber reinforced construction with resulting improvements of wheel spoke windage, overall wheel weight and rim inertia. The bicycle wheel includes a central hub and preferably three or four radially extending spokes. The radially extending spokes all have airfoil shapes. Adjacent spokes extend from the central hub and with the central hub form a spoke arch with each spoke forming one end of the spoke arch and the hub forming a central portion of the spoke arch. The distal ends of this spoke arch form the base support points for segments of the rim extending between the spokes. The segments of the rim extending between the spokes form an opposed rim arch to the spoke arch between the spoke ends. This opposed rim arch of each rim segment includes a central portion reinforced for the resistance of high tension and compression in the middle of each rim arch and is joined to the spokes at the end of each rim arch so that the central spoke arch and the peripheral rim arch oppose one another at each arch base. All rim segments together between all spokes define a conventional exteriorly open U-shaped pneumatic tire holding slot of conventional circular dimension. At one of the rim arches, a point of arch stress reversal is chosen for the placement of the necessary singular pneumatic tire valve.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1693360 (1928-11-01), Baker
patent: 4527839 (1985-07-01), Fujitaka et al.
Colnago Ferrari Concept, Milan, Milan Show Report, American Bicyclist and Motorcyclist, Feb. 1988, p. 10.
Hamilton-Sattui
Stormer Russell D.
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