US 12,391,065 B2
Spoke wheel
Takayo Yamamoto, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,292.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-153507 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0093387 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60B 1/04 (2006.01); B60B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 1/041 (2013.01) [B60B 1/043 (2013.01); B60B 21/062 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.