Wheel of the spoked bicycle wheel type, and hub with which said wheel can be fitted

Abstract

A wheel of the bicycle wheel type includes a rim ( 200 ), a hub ( 10 ) with an axis ( 100 ) corresponding to the axis of the wheel, the hub including a left flange ( 11 ) and a right flange ( 12 ). The wheel includes an arrangement of rim-hub-rim connecting elements on at least one flange of the hub, which includes at least two sets of at least two rim-hub-rim connecting elements (( 51 - 52; 53 - 54 ); ( 55 - 56; 57 - 58 )), in the form of opposing spokes or rods, and in which the elements of each set are in planes situated on either side of the axis of the wheel and parallel to the axis.

1 . A wheel of the bicycle wheel type comprising:
 a rim;   a hub with an axle corresponding to an axle of the wheel, said hub comprising a left flange and a right flange;   at least one system of rim-hub-rim connecting elements on the flanges of the hub, the system comprising at least two sets of at least two rim-hub-rim connecting elements, the elements of each set being in planes located on either side of the axle of the wheel and parallel to said axle, the flanges of the hub having shapes having predetermined dimensions or a predetermined diameter allowing remote positioning of the connecting elements relative to the axle of the wheel, and   on one side and/or on both sides of the hub, spokes fixed on one and/or the other flange, radially to the axle of the hub toward the rim.   
     
     
         2 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein the system of rim-hub-rim connecting element comprises two sets of two rim-hub-rim connecting elements. 
     
     
         3 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein the system of rim-hub-rim connecting element comprises three sets of two rim-hub-rim connecting elements. 
     
     
         4 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein the remote positioning of the connecting elements relative to the axle of the wheel on said flanges is from 60 mm to 75 mm, with 60 mm for a wheel having a rim profile equal to 88 mm and 75 mm for a rim profile equal to 27 mm. 
     
     
         5 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein each rim-hub-rim connecting element comprises two opposing spokes each having one end attached to the rim and one end attached to the hub, or a rod having both of its ends attached to the rim and a central portion attached to the hub. 
     
     
         6 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 5 , wherein the ends of the spokes or of the rods attached to the rim are threaded, allowing attachment or detachment of said spokes or rods. 
     
     
         7 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 5 , wherein the hub includes an attachment system configured to cooperate with the spokes or the rods to allow attachment or detachment of said spokes or rods. 
     
     
         8 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein the system of rim-hub-rim connecting elements includes an identical system of rim-hub-rim connecting elements on each of the right and left flanges of the hub, but offset in angle about the axle of the wheel so that said elements are not facing one another. 
     
     
         9 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein each set of two connecting elements of the flanges includes at least four opposing spokes in pairs, each of the at least four spokes having a first end attached to a flange or to the other flange of the hub and a second end attached to the rim. 
     
     
         10 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 2 , wherein the two flanges include a single part comprising a central portion placed on the axle of the wheel having extensions in the form of vanes forming a cross, each vane comprising, at its end opposite to the axle of the wheel, perforations for attaching opposing spokes. 
     
     
         11 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 10 , wherein the hub comprises two flanges each comprising four diametrically opposed vanes, the wheel comprising two sets of four opposing spokes in pairs, the two sets being mutually perpendicular. 
     
     
         12 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 10 , wherein the two flanges include a single part comprising a circular central portion, placed on the axle of the wheel, equipped with cross-shaped fins, each fin comprising, at its periphery, perforations for attaching opposing spokes. 
     
     
         13 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 12 , wherein each set of two connecting elements includes extensions of said flanges of the hub, in the form of spokes tangential to the hub opposed in pairs and the ends whereof are attached to the rim. 
     
     
         14 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 13 , wherein the two flanges comprise a circular part comprising a central portion placed on the axle of the wheel, equipped with said extensions at its periphery constituting the spokes. 
     
     
         15 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 13 , wherein each set of two connecting elements of one or the other of the flanges includes two rods, each rod having its ends attached at two points to the rim, and a median portion attached to one flange or to the other flange of the hub. 
     
     
         16 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 15 , wherein the two flanges include a hexagonal part placed on the axle of the wheel and having, on its six edges, an attachment system to attach the median portion of the rods, the wheel comprising on the right and left flanges three sets of two rods. 
     
     
         17 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 16 , wherein the hexagonal part comprises, on each edge, a groove allowing accommodation of the central portion of the rods and glue constituting the attachment system of said rods to the hub. 
     
     
         18 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein the rim, the hub, the spokes, or rods are made of light alloy or of carbon composite material. 
     
     
         19 . The bicycle wheel according to  claim 1 , wherein the spokes and rods are hollow tubes.