ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,960, issued on April 21, was assigned to HED CYCLING PRODUCTS INC. (Roseville, Minn.).
"Method for manufacturing a deep aerodynamic bicycle wheel" was invented by Andrew Lawrence Tetmeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) and Anne Marie Hed (North Oaks, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a bicycle wheel. A fairing is positioned relative to a base rim that comprises a plurality of anchor holes. A hub is positioned in the central opening and a plurality of spokes inserted into the hub. A spoke is fed from a first side of the fairing to a second side of the fairing through a respective spoke...