Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-surface rim for enhanced efficiency
- Patent Title (中): 多表面边缘,提高效率
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Application No.: US13655028Application Date: 2012-10-18
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Publication No.: US09302538B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Simon Smart
- Applicant: Smart Aero Technology Limited
- Applicant Address: US UT Ogden
- Assignee: ENVE Composites, LLC
- Current Assignee: ENVE Composites, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Ogden
- Agency: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP
- Main IPC: B60B3/00
- IPC: B60B3/00 ; B60B21/00 ; B60B1/00 ; B60B25/00 ; B60B1/06

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein provide for one or more of: (1) airflow enhancement around a rim using cusps that create virtual surfaces of air with the bike in motion, which also encourage favorable air attachment around the rim; (2) wake reduction by streamlining the airfoil around the rim using trip edges at various points of rim surface transition, which cause a laminar flow to go turbulent for enhancing the streamline effect; (3) a double rim surface, which provides an air slot between the two rim surfaces at a distance that enhances flow attachment and adds energy of air flow around the rim by moving air between areas of high and low pressure; and (4) a tubeless tire rim kit capable of converting conventional rims into tubeless ones and also promoting the sealing of the tire to the rim with minimal air pressure necessary to create the seal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130049441A1 MULTI-SURFACE RIM FOR ENHANCED EFFICIENCY Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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