B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
B
B60B 1/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2136053
A tensioned spoked wheel assembly with a wheel center plane is disclosed. The wheel 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 and spokes or other tensioning means. The spokes which are connected to the first hub flange are, in turn, connected to the rim at a first set of circumferentially spaced points and spokes which are connected to the second hub flange are, in turn, connected to the rim at points which are circumferentially coincident with the first set of circumferentially spaced points. In other words, spokes or tensioning members from first and second hub flanges are paired or grouped at the rim so as to provide a wheel which exhibits, under load, zero, or substantially reduced, by comparison with the prior art, net force vectors parallel to the rotational axis, at any and all given points on the rim, as opposed to a wheel where a spoke from the first hub flange is attached to the rim at a point which is circumferentially spaced a substantial distance from the closest point on the rim where a spoke from the second hub flange is connected. Bicycles having a front wheel, a rear wheel, or a front and rear wheel according to the invention are also disclosed. The bicycle is not susceptible to speed shimmy or wobble, when it includes a front wheel according to the invention.
Ardelis Inc
Ardelis Intellectual Property Llc
Dietrich Rolf
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
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