公开(公告)号：US11318798B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US16101854

申请日：2018-08-13

Applicant: DT SWISS INC.

Inventor： Matthias Meier ,  Paul Schuler ,  Andreas Tschanz ,  Martin Walthert

IPC: B60C17/06 ,  B60C17/04 ,  B60C15/028

Abstract: A wheel for a racing bicycle including a rim with a rim body having a rim well and lateral rim flanks provided with rim flanges, the rim flanges showing bulges protruding inwardly, each defining an undercut at the pertaining rim flange. A tire with two circumferential tire beads is accommodated on the rim body between the rim flanges, the tire beads bearing against the inside of the rim flanges and entering the undercut at the bulges of the rim flanges. A tire retaining device is included which is disposed in the internal space between the tire and the rim well. The tire retaining device includes an insert member having a hollow space that extends between the tire beads and contains a radially outwardly peripheral wall and a radially inwardly peripheral wall, wherein at least the radially inwardly peripheral wall extends continuously across an inner axial width of the insert member.

公开(公告)号：US09944115B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US15066438

申请日：2016-03-10

Applicant: DT SWISS INC.

Inventor： Andreas Tschanz ,  Martin Walthert

IPC: B60B1/00 ,  B60B21/10 ,  B60B1/04 ,  B60B21/02 ,  B60B21/04 ,  B60B21/06

CPC classification number: B60B1/006 ,  B60B1/003 ,  B60B1/041 ,  B60B1/044 ,  B60B21/02 ,  B60B21/025 ,  B60B21/026 ,  B60B21/04 ,  B60B21/062 ,  B60B21/10 ,  B60B21/102 ,  B60B21/108 ,  B60B2900/111

Abstract: A rim for a mountain bike is provided, including a rim body having a rim well, a rim base and two lateral rim flanks and a hollow space device with a hollow space. A width of the rim body is larger than 30 mm. The hollow space device of the rim body is radially outwardly limited by the rim well and laterally and radially inwardly, by an inner enclosing wall including the rim base and the rim flanks. The radially inwardly enclosing wall forms an internal wall that is substantially closed, apart from the nipple accommodations. The rim well includes a plurality of recesses having a surface proportion of at least 10% of a surface of the rim well.