Patents Examined by Long Baa Nguyen
  • Valve and rim for bicycle wheel provided for a tubeless assembly
    Patent number: 6119746
    Abstract: An inflation valve provided to inflate a cycle tire assembled without an air tube on a rim. The valve has a body crossed by a conduit, with a first part being designed to cross the casing of the rim, and a second part adapted to connect an inflating means. The valve has an injection nozzle located in the extension of the first part, a sealing joint located around the injection nozzle, and in that the first part or nozzle has an assembly device designed to cooperate with the complementary assembly device of the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Mavic S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Lacombe, Jean-Mierre Mercat