ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,341, issued on June 2, was assigned to SHA-DAR ACCESSORIES Co. LTD. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Spoke reinforcing method and reinforced structure of spokes" was invented by James Chen (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spoke reinforcing method includes straightening and cutting a drawn spoke; stamping one end of the spoke using a first stamping unit to form an initial head and an initial neck; clamping the initial head, the initial neck, and a main body of the spoke in a clamping die to forge a reinforced part; stamping the spoke while retained in the clamping die using a second stamping unit to form a final head, a...