IP Library Granted Patent US 11,383,136
Granted Patent B2
US 11,383,136 · App. 16/858,951 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Camming stem system

Inventors: Jeremy Steck (Salt Lake City, UT); Garrett Harmsen (Salt Lake City, UT); Brent Barghahn (Salt Lake City, UT); Jacob Hall (Midway, UT)
Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
A63B29/02A63B29/024
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Patent No.
US 11,383,136
App. No.
16/858,951
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved camming stem system including a head member, a plurality of cam lobes, a connection system, and a retraction system. The cam lobes may be selectively rotatable between an extended state and a retracted state with respect to at least one axle of the head member. The connection system may create an elongated, substantially rigid region by intercoupling the head member with a loop. The connection system is configured to create an elongated partially rigid region by intercoupling the head member with a loop, wherein the connection system comprises a twisted cable coupled between the head member and the loop, and wherein the loop is oriented substantially parallel to the at least one axle, and wherein the twisted cable includes a twisting radial angle of at least 90 degrees.

Claims (32)

1. An active camming device system comprising:

a head member comprising at least one axle;

a plurality of cam lobes rotatably coupled to the at least one axle, wherein the plurality of cam lobes are rotatable between an extended state and a retracted state with respect to the at least one axle, and wherein the cam lobes are spring biased toward the extended state;

a retraction system configured to selectively engage the retracted state, wherein the retraction system includes fixably coupling the plurality of cam lobes with a trigger, and wherein the trigger is slidably externally coupled to a connection system; and

wherein the connection system is configured to create an elongated partially rigid region by intercoupling the head member with a loop, wherein the connection system comprises a twisted cable coupled between the head member and the loop, and wherein the loop is oriented substantially parallel to the at least one axle, and wherein the twisted cable includes a twisting radial angle of at least 90 degrees.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first and second end of the twisted cable are coupled to the head member in an orthogonal orientation to the axle, and wherein the first and second end of the twisted cable are oriented orthogonally with respect to the loop.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling between the cable and the head member includes a swage coupling.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cam lobes includes four cam lobes.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cam lobes includes three cam lobes.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one axle includes two axles.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one axle includes one axle.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the elongated partially rigid region includes a lengthwise rigidity greater than the cable.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the elongated partially rigid region is disposed between the loop and the head member.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rigidity of the elongated partially rigid region corresponds to the trigger assembly.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the loop includes a cable cover and a sling, and wherein the cable cover and thumb rest substantially encase a portion of the cable forming the loop.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the retraction system includes a trigger assembly over the cable disposed between the trigger and the head member.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the twisted radial angle of at least 90 degrees comprises a twist in the cable disposed between the trigger and the loop in the extended state.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cable includes a plurality of fibers.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the trigger is oriented parallel to the loop.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cam lobes are spring biases to the extended state via a plurality of biasing spring coupled to the at least one axle.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein head member further includes a plurality of plates disposed on the end of the at least one axle.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the head member intercouples the cable and the axle.

19. An active camming device system comprising:

a head member comprising at least one axle;

a plurality of cam lobes rotatably coupled to the at least one axle, wherein the plurality of cam lobes are rotatable between an extended state and a retracted state with respect to the at least one axle, and wherein the cam lobes are spring biased toward the extended state;

a retraction system configured to selectively engage the retracted state, wherein the retraction system includes fixably coupling the plurality of cam lobes with a trigger, and wherein the trigger is slidably externally coupled to a connection system; and

wherein the connection system is configured to create an elongated partially rigid region by intercoupling the head member with a loop, wherein the connection system comprises a twisted cable coupled between the head member and the loop, and wherein the loop is oriented substantially parallel to the at least one axle, and wherein the twisted cable includes a twisting radial angle of at least 90 degrees, and wherein a first and second end of the twisted cable are coupled to the head member in an orthogonal orientation to the axle, and wherein the first and second end of the twisted cable are oriented orthogonally with respect to the loop.

20. An active camming device system comprising:

a head member comprising at least one axle;

a plurality of cam lobes rotatably coupled to the at least one axle, wherein the plurality of cam lobes are rotatable between an extended state and a retracted state with respect to the at least one axle, and wherein the cam lobes are spring biased toward the extended state;

a retraction system configured to selectively engage the retracted state, wherein the retraction system includes fixably coupling the plurality of cam lobes with a trigger, and wherein the trigger is slidably externally coupled to a connection system; and

wherein the connection system is configured to create an elongated partially rigid region by intercoupling the head member with a loop, wherein the connection system comprises a twisted cable coupled between the head member and the loop, and wherein the loop is oriented substantially parallel to the at least one axle, and wherein the twisted cable includes a twisting radial angle of at least 90 degrees, and wherein the twisted radial angle of at least 90 degrees comprises a twist in the cable disposed between the trigger and the loop in the extended state.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066605/0056 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2022
From: BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT, LTD.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 059627/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2020
From: BARGHAHN, BRENT; HALL, JACOB; HARMSEN, GARRETT; STECK, JEWREMY
To: BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT LTD.
Reel/Frame 052499/0446 →