Spoke wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12391065-B2
Application number	US-202217947292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2022
Priority date	Sep 21, 2021
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

A spoke wheel for a straddle-type vehicle includes a rim having an outer peripheral surface on which a tire is mounted and an annular shape, a hub supported by an axle on an inner side of the rim and having a tubular shape, and a plurality of wire spokes connecting the rim to the hub. The rim is formed with a plurality of spoke holes through which the plurality of wire spokes pass and support surfaces receiving head portions of the plurality of wire spokes on one end sides of the plurality of spoke holes. Each of the support surfaces has a groove shape extending in a wheel rotation direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spoke wheel for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
a rim having an outer peripheral surface on which a tire is mounted and an annular shape;
a hub supported by an axle on an inner side of the rim and having a tubular shape; and
a plurality of wire spokes connecting the rim to the hub,
wherein the rim is formed with a plurality of spoke holes through which the plurality of wire spokes pass and a plurality of support surfaces each receiving head portions of the plurality of wire spokes on one end sides of the plurality of spoke holes,
wherein each of the plurality of support surfaces has a groove extending in a wheel rotation direction, there being a plurality of grooves,
wherein two or more of the plurality of spoke holes are formed in a common groove among the plurality of grooves, and
wherein two or more of the head portions of the plurality of wire spokes are accommodated in a common groove support surface having the common groove.

2. The spoke wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a cross-sectional view, each of the support surfaces is inclined such that a groove width is narrowed toward a groove bottom, and
wherein each of bottom surfaces of the head portions of the plurality of wire spokes has a tapered shape.

3. The spoke wheel according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the cross-sectional view, each of the support surfaces has an arc groove shape.

4. The spoke wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rim has chamfered surfaces being continuous with opening edges of the plurality of spoke holes on the other end sides of the plurality of spoke holes, and
wherein each of the chamfered surfaces has a groove shape-extending in a wheel rotation direction.

5. The spoke wheel according to claim 4 ,
wherein an inner peripheral protruding portion protrudes radially inward from an inner peripheral surface of the rim, and
wherein the plurality of spoke holes and the support surfaces are formed with the inner peripheral protruding portion.

6. The spoke wheel according to claim 5 ,
wherein the inner peripheral protruding portion includes a pair of inner peripheral protruding portions separated from each other in an axle direction,
wherein the plurality of spoke holes, through which the plurality of wire spokes pass from outer side surfaces on an outer side in the axle direction to inner side surfaces on an inner side in the axle direction, are formed with the pair of inner peripheral protruding portions,
wherein the support surfaces, receiving the head portions of the plurality of wire spokes on one end sides of the plurality of spoke holes, are formed with outer side surfaces of the pair of inner peripheral protruding portions, and
wherein the chamfered surfaces, being continuous with the opening edges of the plurality of spoke holes on the other end sides of the plurality of spoke holes, are formed with inner side surfaces of the pair of inner peripheral protruding portions.

7. The spoke wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spoke holes and the plurality of support surfaces are molded by extrusion.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Takayo

Classifications

• B60B21/062

  for bicycles · CPC title

• B60B1/043 Primary

  Attaching spokes to rim · CPC title

• B60B21/06

  characterised by means for attaching spokes {, i.e. spoke seats} · CPC title

• B60B21/066

  the spoke mounting means being located on a flange oriented radially and formed on the radially inner side of the rim well · CPC title

• B60B1/042

  Attaching spokes to hub · CPC title