Title:
BOTTOM BRACKET MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BICYCLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/138467
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A mounting device for a bicycle having a bottom bracket planetary gear system with a sun gear or ring gear, and a bottom bracket shell (60) positioned at the convergence of a plurality of frame parts (61, 64 and 67) of a bicycle frame is disclosed herein. The mounting device (10) preferably has a control plate (20), a drive side bearing flange (30), a control input and control pawl (13). The control pawl (13) blocks the sun gear, ring gear or planet carrier of the planetary system of the bicycle transmission thereby transferring the sun gear, ring gear or planet carrier force (28) to the control pawl (13) then to the control plate (20) and then to the bicycle frame.
Inventors:
PATTERSON SAM (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/035994
Publication Date:
February 24, 2011
Filing Date:
May 24, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PATTERSON BICYCLE TRANSMISSION LLC (US)
International Classes:
B62M3/00; B62K19/30; B62M11/14; B62M25/02
Foreign References:
| JP2001206274A | 2001-07-31 | |||
| JP2003226285A | 2003-08-12 | |||
| US20030064840A1 | 2003-04-03 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2435292A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CATANIA, Michael (P.O. Box 131270Carlsbad, CA, US)
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