IP Library Granted Patent US 11,117,638
Granted Patent B2
US 11,117,638 · App. 16/096,802 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Bicycle frame comprising an antenna

Inventors: Ole Martin Ølmheim (Stavanger, NO); Leif André Skare (Hafrsfjord, NO)
Assignee: BikeFinder AS
B62K19/40B62J45/40B62K19/02G01S5/02G01S19/19G01S2205/08
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Patent No.
US 11,117,638
App. No.
16/096,802
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bicycle frame includes an antenna and is formed with the antenna as an integrated part of the frame structure, and the antenna constituting part of the outside of the bicycle frame. In a method of equipping a bicycle frame made from carbon with an antenna, the antenna is interwoven with the carbon structure of the bicycle frame as part of the production of the bicycle frame.

Claims (21)

1. A bicycle frame comprising an antenna, wherein:

the bicycle frame is formed with the antenna as an integrated part of the frame structure; and

the antenna constitutes a part of the outside of the bicycle frame,

wherein the bicycle frame consists, at least in part, of carbon; and

the antenna comprises an antenna element and an intermediate material for creating distance between the carbon of the bicycle frame and the antenna element;

wherein the bicycle frame in connection with the antenna is formed with a hole for receiving a wire which may extend from an inside of the bicycle frame to an antenna element.

2. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is fixed to the bicycle frame by carbon fibers having been interwoven with the antenna.

3. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna comprises a plurality of antenna elements.

4. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a camouflaging material covering the antenna, at least partially.

5. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a tracking system placed inside the bicycle frame, the tracking system including a tracking unit, a wire and an energy source, and the tracking unit being connected to the antenna by means of a wire.

6. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is an antenna for tracking the bicycle frame.

7. The bicycle frame according to claim 2 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a camouflaging material covering the antenna, at least partially.

8. The bicycle frame according to claim 3 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a camouflaging material covering the antenna, at least partially.

9. The bicycle frame according to claim 2 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a tracking system placed inside the bicycle frame, the tracking system including a tracking unit, a wire and an energy source, and the tracking unit being connected to the antenna by means of a wire.

10. The bicycle frame according to claim 3 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a tracking system placed inside the bicycle frame, the tracking system including a tracking unit, a wire and an energy source, and the tracking unit being connected to the antenna by means of a wire.

11. The bicycle frame according to claim 4 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a tracking system placed inside the bicycle frame, the tracking system including a tracking unit, a wire and an energy source, and the tracking unit being connected to the antenna by means of a wire.

12. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the bicycle frame includes a tracking system placed inside the bicycle frame, the tracking system including a tracking unit, a wire and an energy source, and the tracking unit being connected to the antenna by means of a wire.

13. The bicycle frame according to claim 2 , wherein the antenna is an antenna for tracking the bicycle frame.

14. The bicycle frame according to claim 3 , wherein the antenna is an antenna for tracking the bicycle frame.

15. The bicycle frame according to claim 4 , wherein the antenna is an antenna for tracking the bicycle frame.

16. The bicycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is an antenna for tracking the bicycle frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2018
From: ØLMHEIM, OLE MARTIN; SKARE, LEIF ANDRÉ
To: BIKEFINDER AS
Reel/Frame 047564/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
NO 20160723 · Apr 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210221464A1 · Jul 22, 2021