ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,665, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DT SWISS INC. (Grand Junction, Colo.).
"Rim, and method of manufacturing a rim" was invented by Andreas Henig (Biel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a fibrous composite bicycle rim, employs a tool device having a plurality of tool components including two molding devices and one circular device. The two molding devices each have one rim flank contact surface. The circular device includes a rim well contact surface. Tool components are provided, and a first varnish coat is applied to a rim contact surface and is dried. A first fiber layer of the fibrous composi...