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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Andrew Ording, Carmel, IN (US);
Joshua R. Poertner, Brentwood, TN (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Ording, Carmel, IN (US);
Joshua R. Poertner, Brentwood, TN (US);
Assignee:
Compositech, INC, Speedway, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/10 (2006.01); B60B 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 1/38 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bicycle wheel includes a tire engaging portion located at the outward perimeter of the wheel, an inner portion located radially inward from the tire engaging portion A pair of air engaging side surfaces extend radially between the inner portion and the tire engaging portion forming the sides of the wheel. The air engaging side surfaces contain a plurality of surface features designed to create a turbulent boundary layer when the wheel travels through air to reduce aerodynamic drag on the wheel.