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Granted Patent B2
US 10,167,040 · App. 15/235,304 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Bicycle suspension stem with integrated pivot

Inventors: Stephen Dewei Ahnert (New York, NY); Erik Teig De Brun (Philadelphia, PA); Scott David Poff (Philadelphia, PA)
Assignee: Redshift Sports LLC
B62K21/14B62K21/16
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Patent No.
US 10,167,040
App. No.
15/235,304
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bicycle suspension stem with an integrated pivot between a static part and a suspended part to provide vibration and impact absorption is provided. A bicycle stem includes a static part configured to connect to a steerer of a bicycle fork, the static part comprising a protrusion, a suspended part rotatably connected to the static part and configured to connect to a handlebar, and a biasing member disposed between the protrusion and an inside surface of the suspended part to resist rotation of the suspended part about the axis of rotation.

Claims (23)

1. A bicycle suspension stem mountable between a steerer tube of a fork and a handlebar to secure the handlebar to a bicycle, the bicycle suspension stem comprising:

a static part configured to connect to a steerer of a bicycle fork, the static part comprising a connection portion and a protrusion portion having an end disposed away from the connection portion;

a suspended part rotatably connected to the static part and configured to connect to a handlebar;

a biasing member disposed between the protrusion portion and an inside surface of the suspended part to resist rotation of the suspended part about an axis of rotation; and

a wedge connected to said end of the protrusion portion to secure the biasing member between the protrusion and the inside surface of the suspended part and to limit rotational movement of the suspended part.

2. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the wedge preloads the biasing member between the protrusion and the inside surface of the suspended part.

3. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the rotation of the suspended part is limited in a neutral position by at least one of the protrusion portion, the wedge, a curved end of the suspended part, and the biasing member.

4. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the rotation of the suspended part is limited in a rotated position by at least one of the protrusion portion, the wedge, a curved end of the suspended part, the biasing member.

5. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the biasing member is a urethane based elastomer.

6. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion portion comprises an elongated cross shape that extends into the suspended part.

7. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion portion extends from the static part at an angle relative to a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the steerer.

8. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion portion comprises a throughhole in which at least one rotation member is disposed.

9. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 1 , further comprising a second biasing member disposed between the protrusion portion and the inside surface of the suspended part to resist rotation of the suspended part about the axis of rotation opposite to the resistance of the biasing member.

10. A bicycle suspension stem mountable between a steerer tube of a fork and a handlebar to secure the handlebar to a bicycle, the bicycle suspension stem comprising:

a static part configured to connect to a steerer of a bicycle fork, the static part comprising a connection portion and a protrusion portion having an end disposed away from the connection portion;

a suspended part rotatably connected by a single pivot to the static part and configured to connect to a handlebar, the single pivot being between the connection to the handlebar and the connection of the static part to the steerer;

a biasing member disposed between the protrusion portion and the inside surface of the suspended part; and

a wedge connected to said end of the protrusion portion to secure the biasing member between the protrusion portion and the inside surface of the suspended part.

11. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 10 , wherein the single pivot is closer to the connection of the static part to the steerer than the connection of the suspended part to the handlebar.

12. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 10 wherein the wedge preloads the biasing member between the protrusion and the inside surface of the suspended part.

13. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 10 , further comprising a second biasing member disposed opposite the protrusion portion from the biasing member to resist rebound rotation of the suspended part.

14. A The bicycle suspension stem of claim 10 , wherein the protrusion portion is enclosed in the suspended part.

15. The bicycle suspension stem of claim 10 , wherein the biasing member is enclosed in the suspended part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2023
From: AHNERT, STEPHEN DEWEI; DE BRUN, ERIK TEIG; POFF, SCOTT DAVID
To: REDSHIFT SPORTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063861/0128 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2016
From: AHNERT, STEPHEN DEWEI; DE BRUN, ERIK TEIG; POFF, SCOTT DAVID
To: REDSHIFT SPORTS LLC.
Reel/Frame 039414/0585 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62204626 · Aug 13, 2015
Related Publication 20170043838A1 · Feb 16, 2017