Plug for a tubeless bicycle wheel

A bicycle wheel is disclosed having a spoke, a nipple coupled to the spoke, and a rim coupled to the nipple and having an annular panel with inner and outer surfaces and an access hole. A plug is positioned over the access hole and includes a cap that is larger than the access hole, a leg extending...

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Main Authors BUCKLEY, JOSEPH EDWARD, RUSSELL, DOUGLAS GRAHAM, THOMPSON, JEREMY, POLAND, MARSHALL ELLISON
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 21.08.2016
Subjects
AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS
CASTORS
INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE WHEELS
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:A bicycle wheel is disclosed having a spoke, a nipple coupled to the spoke, and a rim coupled to the nipple and having an annular panel with inner and outer surfaces and an access hole. A plug is positioned over the access hole and includes a cap that is larger than the access hole, a leg extending from the cap and through the access hole, and a barb protruding radially from the leg to at least partially engage the inner surface of the annular panel. The plug can further include a resilient member compressed between the cap and the outer surface of the annular panel. On some rims, the annular panel has a non-planar contour. For these rims, the resilient member and/or the cap can be shaped to match the non-planar contour of the annular panel.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW20143140502