US 12,030,342 B2
Composite bicycle rim
David Morse, Indianapolis, IN (US); Michael Hall, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Ruan Trouw, Mooresville, IN (US)
Assigned to SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,294.
Application 17/989,294 is a continuation of application No. 16/156,897, filed on Oct. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,628,682.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147077 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60B 5/02 (2006.01); B60B 1/00 (2006.01); B60B 1/04 (2006.01); B60B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 5/02 (2013.01) [B60B 1/003 (2013.01); B60B 1/043 (2013.01); B60B 21/062 (2013.01); B60B 1/041 (2013.01); B60B 2360/341 (2013.01); B60B 2900/112 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/13 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rim for a bicycle wheel, the rim comprising:
a radially outer tire engaging portion disposed along an outer circumference of the rim, the radially outer tire engaging portion having a first side and a second side spaced apart from the first side; and
a plurality of strips of a composite material arranged about a hole through the plurality of strips, the hole being radially inner relative to the radially outer tire engaging portion,
wherein each strip of the plurality of strips of the composite material has substantially unidirectional fiber orientation in a direction along a length of the respective strip, such that at least a portion of the fibers of the respective strip are parallel to the direction along the length of the respective strip,
wherein one or more fibers of the portion of the fibers of the respective strip extend from the outer circumference of the rim, at the first side of the radially outer tire engaging portion, past the hole, to the outer circumference of the rim, at the second side of the radially outer tire engaging portion,
wherein the plurality of strips are at least part of a wall of the rim, the wall formed entirely of non-metallic materials in the region adjacent to the hole.