ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,668, issued on March 17, was assigned to DIAMANTE CYCLE Co. LTD. (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Nipple assembly for spoke wheel, and spoke wheel including same" was invented by Hyuk Ju Jang (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nipple assembly for a spoke wheel according to the present disclosure is coupled to at least one end of a spoke provided on a spoke wheel and includes a main body including a nipple head, and a column portion having a smaller diameter than the nipple head and elongated from the nipple head toward one side, a nipple base having a first through-hole and fitted with the column portion through the ...