Rim for a wheel, wheel, vehicle and method of making a rim

• Main Authors: WAKEMAN, ERIC, WILSON, MICHAEL, DE LANGE, THOMAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.02.2023
• Subjects: AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Herein is disclosed a rim for a wheel, specifically, a rim for a wheel, a wheel, a vehicle and a method of making a rim are disclosed, the rim comprising: a barrel having first and second flanges extending radially outward from opposing edges of the barrel, and the barrel comprising a first bead seat and a second bead seat arranged axially inwardly, respectively, of the first and second flanges, wherein the barrel, and first and second flanges, comprise layers of structural fibres bound in a polymer matrix, wherein a pre-formed insert is disposed between layers of the structural fibres, wherein the insert comprises a material which acts to absorb and/or deflect and/or dissipate energy from a load or impact applied axially and/or radially to a rim and/or acts to increase the hoop stiffness of the wheel and wherein the insert has, when viewed in cross-section (with the axis of the rim being parallel to the plane of the cross-section), two elongate portions, with a first elongate portion of the insert extending