ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,065, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Spoke wheel" was invented by Takayo Yamamoto (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spoke wheel for a straddle-type vehicle includes a rim having an outer peripheral surface on which a tire is mounted and an annular shape, a hub supported by an axle on an inner side of the rim and having a tubular shape, and a plurality of wire spokes connecting the rim to the hub. The rim is formed with a plurality of spoke holes through which the plurality of wire spokes pass and support surfaces receiving head portions of the plurality of wire spokes on one...