A cassette for a bicycle may include a plurality of sprocket portions fused into a single unit. The cassette may include a cavity formed in the large end of the cassette. Spokes of an associated wheel may be at least partially disposed in the cavity. A related manufacturing method may include joining a first generally planar sprocket portion having a plurality of connector portions extending transverse to the plane of the first sprocket portion, to a second generally planar sprocket portion by fusing at least one of the connector portions to the second sprocket portion.
Cassette and bicycle wheel assembly
27.10.2015
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B21D WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL , Bearbeiten oder Verarbeiten von Blechen, Metallrohren, -stangen oder -profilen ohne wesentliches Abtragen des Werkstoffs / B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / B62M RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES , Antrieb von Radfahrzeugen oder Schlitten durch den Fahrer |
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