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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Martin Walthert, Aarberg, CH;
Martin Fischer, Luterbach, CH;
Andreas Tschanz, Gerzensee, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DT Swiss Inc., Grand Junction, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 21/08 (2006.01); B60B 5/02 (2006.01); B60B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 5/02 (2013.01); B60B 21/025 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rim for a bicycle having a rim body including a rim well and a rim base and rim flanks connecting the rim base and the rim well wherein the rim flanks and the rim base consist of a fibrous composite material. A minimum wall thickness of the rim flanks is thinner in one radial region than in another radial region. The rim body is bulbous in cross-section. A maximum height from the rim base to the rim well is less than 1.5 times and in particular less than 1.2 times the maximum width.