IP Library Granted Patent US 12,091,133
Granted Patent B2
US 12,091,133 · App. 18/109,773 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Cinch direct mount 2X ring system

Inventors: Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin (North Vancouver, CA); Jason Kennett (North Vancouver, CA); David Robert Edwards (Vancouver, CA)
Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
B62M9/105B62M1/36B62M3/00F16H55/30
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Patent No.
US 12,091,133
App. No.
18/109,773
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cinch direct mount 2× ring system is disclosed. One embodiment discloses a chainring assembly having a drive side crank arm with a chainring assembly interface including a plurality of splines, a circumference, and an axial length. The chainring assembly includes a first chainring having a first outer diameter and a first center assembly shape. The chainring assembly includes a second chainring having a second outer diameter and a second center assembly shape, the second outer diameter being different than the first outer diameter. The chainring assembly also includes a fastener to couple the first chainring and the second chainring with the chainring assembly interface, such that at least one of the first center assembly shape or the second center assembly shape engages with the plurality of splines.

Claims (13)

1. A bicycle chainring assembly comprising:

a drive side crank arm comprising a chainring assembly interface,

the chainring assembly interface having a circumference and an axial length;

a first chainring having a first outer diameter and a first center assembly shape,

the first outer diameter having a plurality of teeth thereon;

a second chainring having a second outer diameter and a second center assembly shape,

the second outer diameter having a plurality of teeth thereon,

the second outer diameter being different than the first outer diameter;

a single fastener to couple the first chainring and the second chainring with the chainring assembly interface, such that at least one of the first center assembly shape or the second center assembly shape engages with the chainring assembly interface, the first center assembly shape comprising:

an inner diameter that engages with the chainring assembly interface about the circumference of the chainring assembly interface over an entirety of the axial length; and

an outer diameter comprising a plurality of splines about the circumference of the first center assembly shape,

the plurality of splines having a second axial length; and

the second center assembly shape engages with the plurality of splines about the circumference of the first center assembly shape over an entirety of the second axial length.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2025
From: FOX FACTORY, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 073270/0027 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: CHOLTCO-DEVLIN, EVAN MICHAEL; KENNETT, JASON; EDWARDS, DAVID ROBERT
To: FOX FACTORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 062697/0292 →
Continuity (4)
Division 17328421 · May 24, 2021
Division 15953903 · Apr 16, 2018
Provisional Application 62491958 · Apr 28, 2017
Related Publication 20230234673A1 · Jul 27, 2023
Cited By (1)
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