61 |
Bicycle hose structure |
US14186049 |
2014-02-21 |
US09994208B2 |
2018-06-12 |
Masahiro Nakakura |
A bicycle hose structure comprises a tubular main body and a first electrical conductor. The tubular main body defines a through-hole, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The through-hole is configured to arrange a force transmitting element provided so as to transmit operating force. The first electrical conductor is provided at least radially inwardly of the outer peripheral surface and has an end portion configured to be electrically connected to a bicycle component. |
62 |
Insert for securing cables, cable lines and wires in a bicycle frame |
US14470370 |
2014-08-27 |
US09879713B2 |
2018-01-30 |
Ingo Beutner |
An insert is removably fastened in an opening on a bicycle frame for securing cables, cable pulls, or lines routed through the opening. The insert includes a pass-through opening for the cable, the cable pull, or the line. The insert includes at least one thrust block to be inserted in the opening, by which the insert is supported in the region of the opening on the inner side of the bicycle frame after being inserted in the opening. The insert is removably fastened by at least one fastening element disposed at a distance from the thrust block such that the insert makes sealing contact at least in segments under pre-tension due to the interaction of the fastening element with the thrust block in the edge region transitioning into the peripheral contour of the underside of the insert facing the bicycle frame. |
63 |
Bicycle end cap |
US13869283 |
2013-04-24 |
US09874238B2 |
2018-01-23 |
Osamu Kariyama; Masahiro Nakakura; Takahiro Yamashita |
A bicycle end cap has a first end and a second end that is opposite to the first end for attaching to a bicycle line shape member. The bicycle end cap includes a tubular portion and an attachment structure. The tubular portion defines a first opening that is arranged at the first end and a receiving space that is dimension to axially receive the line shape member from the first opening. The attachment structure is configured to attach a pulling member having a cable portion and a head portion that has larger diameter than the cable portion. The attachment structure is configured to position the head portion relative to the tubular portion as the cable portion is pulled toward the second end. |
64 |
ELECTRIC VEHICLE |
US15335899 |
2016-10-27 |
US20170113634A1 |
2017-04-27 |
Junichiro TANAKA; Naoya MUROTA; Mitsunobu TERADA; Ryo ITO; Tomohiro YAMADA |
An electric vehicle includes a wire harness that flexibly follows the swinging of the swing arm, surely avoids any contact with other components, and has excellent durability. The electric vehicle includes a battery mounted to a frame, an inverter and an electric motor accommodated in a swing arm, and a wire harness wired between the frame and the swing arm. The swing arm includes a hollow pivot section, and a partition wall partitioning the pivot section and an arm section. The wire harness suspends from the frame side, enters inside the pivot section from the top face side of the pivot section, and is bent inside the pivot section reaching the inverter through the partition-wall through port. |
65 |
Bell for a bicycle |
US15384155 |
2016-12-19 |
US09633643B1 |
2017-04-25 |
Chris Bilanenko; Hugo Davidson |
A bell for a bicycle comprises a mounting bracket for securing the bell to a bicycle handle bar, a striker moveably attached to the mounting bracket, and an arcuate shaped ringer supported outwardly and spaced from the mounting bracket by suspension means that allow the ringer to reverberate when struck by the striker. |
66 |
CABLE-DRIVING ARRANGEMENT OF A VEHICLE |
US15369223 |
2016-12-05 |
US20170082138A1 |
2017-03-23 |
Yuan-Hung WEN |
A cable-driving arrangement of a vehicle includes a cable main body and a sheath. The cable main body is composed of a plurality of unit filaments, and distal ends of the unit filaments are melted to be integral to form a melted end. The cable main body is for being relatively positionably disposed on a vehicle with a portion near the melted end. The sheath is sleeved around the melted end. |
67 |
Vehicle including an operating member |
US14694765 |
2015-04-23 |
US09599146B2 |
2017-03-21 |
Masaki Nagaoka; Yasushi Aoki |
Provided is a vehicle including a vehicle body. The vehicle includes an operating member to be pressed so that the operating member performs an operation, and a wire having a first end and a second end. The first end is closer than the second end to the operating member. The vehicle includes a wire cover slidably covering the wire and slidable relative to the wire. The vehicle includes an actuating section that supports a first portion of the wire cover and that moves the wire cover in a direction away from the first end of the wire in accordance with the operation. The vehicle includes a non-actuating section supporting the first end so that an operation amount of the first end with respect to the vehicle body is smaller than an operation amount of the actuating section with respect to the vehicle body when the operating member performs the operation. |
68 |
Bicycle with battery mount |
US14660715 |
2015-03-17 |
US09580140B2 |
2017-02-28 |
Jan Talavasek; Amber R. Lucas; Ian Hamilton; Robert F. Meyer; Markus Spenninger |
A bicycle including a frame that has a head tube, and a frame member that is elongated along a longitudinal axis. The bicycle also includes a receiver that is disposed in the frame member, and a battery pack that is coupled to the frame member and detachably connected to the receiver. The receiver has a tapered socket and a power connector encircled by the tapered socket. The battery pack has a tapered end cap that is insertable into the tapered socket along the longitudinal axis. The tapered end cap includes a battery connector disposed on an end of the battery pack. The tapered end cap is at least partially nested within the tapered socket along the longitudinal axis upon connection between the receiver and the battery pack, and the battery connector is electrically connected to the power connector upon nesting the tapered end cap in the tapered socket. |
69 |
Bicycle frame and method of converting to electronic shifting system |
US14623355 |
2015-02-16 |
US09545975B2 |
2017-01-17 |
David Rosen |
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods of converting a bicycle frame from a mechanical gear-shifting configuration to an electronic gear-shifting configuration and vice versa. In a representative embodiment, a method of converting a bicycle frame from a mechanical gear-shifting configuration to an electronic gear-shifting configuration comprises removing a mechanical cable extending between a mechanical gear-shift actuator and a mechanical gear shifter via a cable stop of a removable bracket member secured to a down tube member of the bicycle frame, and removing the removable bracket member from the down tube member of the bicycle frame. The method further comprises mounting an electronically-actuated gear shifter to the bicycle frame in electrical communication with an electronic gear-shift actuator such that actuation of the electronic gear-shift actuator causes the electronically-actuated gear shifter to shift gears. |
70 |
Bicycle Grip and Bicycle Grip/Handlebar System |
US15198920 |
2016-06-30 |
US20170001679A1 |
2017-01-05 |
Wolfgang Kohl; Lukas Schuchnigg; Andreas Krause; Michael Müller |
A bicycle grip includes a sleeve which in the mounted state surrounds a bicycle handlebar. The sleeve is surrounded by a grip element or is enclosed by it by molding. A cable duct is integrated into the sleeve. Locking elements are connected to the sleeve so as to realize fixation of the bicycle grip to a handlebar end in a simple manner. A bicycle grip/handlebar system including a correspondingly designed bicycle handlebar and a bicycle grip are also provided. |
71 |
BICYCLE FRAME AND METHOD OF CONVERTING TO ELECTRONIC SHIFTING SYSTEM |
US14623355 |
2015-02-16 |
US20160236751A1 |
2016-08-18 |
David Rosen |
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods of converting a bicycle frame from a mechanical gear-shifting configuration to an electronic gear-shifting configuration and vice versa. In a representative embodiment, a method of converting a bicycle frame from a mechanical gear-shifting configuration to an electronic gear-shifting configuration comprises removing a mechanical cable extending between a mechanical gear-shift actuator and a mechanical gear shifter via a cable stop of a removable bracket member secured to a down tube member of the bicycle frame, and removing the removable bracket member from the down tube member of the bicycle frame. The method further comprises mounting an electronically-actuated gear shifter to the bicycle frame in electrical communication with an electronic gear-shift actuator such that actuation of the electronic gear-shift actuator causes the electronically-actuated gear shifter to shift gears. |
72 |
Straddle-type vehicle |
US14425307 |
2013-06-28 |
US09334006B2 |
2016-05-10 |
Hiroshi Tamura |
A motorcycle of the present invention comprises a main frame, a fuel tank, and a bracket for fastening a front end portion of the fuel tank to a front portion of the main frame. The bracket includes a bracket body of a flat plate shape, and frame joining portions which partially swell from the bracket body toward the main frame on a reverse surface of the bracket body, wherein the reverse surface is configured to contact the main frame. The frame joining portions are configured to contact the main frame such that a gap through which a throttle cable extends is formed between the bracket body and the main frame. This makes it possible to place the cable such that the cable does not extend around an outer periphery of the bracket provided to fasten the fuel tank to the vehicle body frame. |
73 |
Bicycle Wheel Cleaning System |
US14836777 |
2015-08-26 |
US20160059922A1 |
2016-03-03 |
Craig Majka |
A bicycle wheel cleaning system is used to clear dirt and debris from one or more of the wheels of a bicycle. The system includes at least one wheel cleaning assembly which is attached to a bicycle. The at least one wheel assembly is used to easily clean the wheel of a bicycle and includes a brush, a pushrod, a housing sleeve, and a spring-loaded control mechanism. The brush may be pressed against the wheel of the bicycle to clear debris. The push rod is used to move the brush towards or away from the wheel depending on if the wheel needs to be cleaned. The spring-loaded control mechanism interacts with the pushrod to either push the brush towards or away from the wheel. The housing sleeve is used to protect the spring-loaded control mechanism and to limit how far the pushrod may be moved. |
74 |
BICYCLE FRAME JOINT LOCKING MECHANISM |
US14333010 |
2014-07-16 |
US20160016630A1 |
2016-01-21 |
Thomas Robert George Thompson |
An apparatus, includes a first pair of brackets coupled to a first bicycle frame component, and one of the first pair of brackets has a radially-inwardly extending first protrusion. The apparatus includes a first gear component coupled to a second bicycle frame component, and the gear component is rotatably coupled within the first pair of brackets. The first gear component has a first set of recesses radially spaced from each other about a periphery thereof. The apparatus further includes a first clamping component engaging at least one of the first pair of brackets and selectively biasing the first protrusion into one of the first set of recesses to rotatably lock the first gear component with respect to the first pair of brackets. |
75 |
BICYCLE CABLE ROUTING SYSTEM |
US14741250 |
2015-06-16 |
US20150367825A1 |
2015-12-24 |
Christopher P. D'Aluisio; Jeffrey K. Bowers |
A bicycle including a frame, a fork rotationally coupled to the frame within a head tube of the frame, and a wheel rotationally coupled to the fork. The fork has a steerer tube, and the bicycle further includes a stem that is coupled to the steerer tube, and a handlebar coupled to the stem for steering the wheel. The handlebar supports an actuator adapted to control a bicycle component. The bicycle also includes a cable housing that is disposed in the handlebar, and a cable that is coupled to the actuator and routed internally within the handlebar and the stem toward the head tube. The portion of the cable within the handlebar is routed through the cable housing, and the portion of the cable within the stem is exposed. |
76 |
BICYCLE FRAME ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRAL FASTENER PASSAGE |
US14812210 |
2015-07-29 |
US20150329167A1 |
2015-11-19 |
James Colegrove |
A bicycle frame assembly having a number of elongate tubes that are connected to define a shape of the bicycle frame. The assembly includes a passage that is defined by the elongate member, a partition, and a bridge. The partition isolates the passage from an interior volume of the elongate tube. The bridge extends in a direction normal to an elongate direction of the passage and defines an inlet and an outlet of the passage. The inlet, outlet, and bridge are generally flush with an exterior surface of the elongate tube and provide a passage that cooperates with a flexible connector, such as a cable tie, for securing supplemental structures, such as brake and shift control cables, to the elongate tube of the bicycle frame assembly. |
77 |
Cycle headsets |
US13701214 |
2011-07-07 |
US09187146B2 |
2015-11-17 |
Savy Man |
Discloses methods and apparatus for headset transmissions mounted to a steerer tube rotationally mounted relative to a head-tube and headset of a cycle frame. A first transmission member mounts about a rotational axis of the steerer tube. The first transmission member rotates with the steerer tube about the rotational axis, and can also translate relative to the steerer tube to transmit a first displacement force to or from a handle bar mounted device. The first displacement force is transmitted to the first transmission member from an interior of the steerer tube. A second transmission member mounts about the rotational axis of the steerer tube. The second transmission member is rotationally isolated to rotate relative to the first transmission member, and can translate with the first transmission member. The second transmission member allows transmission of a second displacement force, from the first displacement force, to a cycle frame mounted device. |
78 |
ROTOR SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE |
US14395673 |
2013-02-13 |
US20150128753A1 |
2015-05-14 |
Thomas Göring |
A rotor system for a bicycle (1), for the purpose of bearing a fork (8) and transmitting the actuations of Bowden cables (31, 32), which each having a core (31a; 32a) includes first and second transmission elements (36, 37), that rotate relative to one another and are arranged in the area of the bearing (21, 23, 25) of the fork (8). The transmission elements include an annular region, mounted on a fork steerer (12) and surrounded by a head tube (21), and connection areas (36b; 37b) for the direct or indirect attachment of the rotor-side ends of the cores (31a 32a). At least one of the transmission elements (37) includes a connection area (37b) with a connecting element, which (32b) can be form-fittingly attached, interacting with, or being integrally connected to, the rotor side end of the core (32a) that is assigned with said at least one transmission elements (37). |
79 |
Device for introducing at least one lengthwise extended technical functional part into a frame section of a vehicle |
US14308023 |
2014-06-18 |
US20140375017A1 |
2014-12-25 |
Mario Pöss |
In a device for introducing at least one lengthwise extended technical functional part in a frame section of a vehicle, in particular a bicycle, including an insert section that is to be abutted against an opening in the frame section, through which the functional part can be guided, it is provided that at least one lengthwise extended receiving section for the functional part be attached to the insert section. This device makes it possible to hold or guide the technical functional part during its introduction into a frame section. |
80 |
BICYCLE END CAP |
US13869283 |
2013-04-24 |
US20140318307A1 |
2014-10-30 |
Osamu KARIYAMA; Masahiro NAKAKURA; Takahiro YAMASHITA |
A bicycle end cap has a first end and a second end that is opposite to the first end for attaching to a bicycle line shape member. The bicycle end cap includes a tubular portion and an attachment structure. The tubular portion defines a first opening that is arranged at the first end and a receiving space that is dimension to axially receive the line shape member from the first opening. The attachment structure is configured to attach a pulling member having a cable portion and a head portion that has larger diameter than the cable portion. The attachment structure is configured to position the head portion relative to the tubular portion as the cable portion is pulled toward the second end. |