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Granted Patent B2
US 10,259,526 · App. 15/680,193 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Assembling structure for crank and pedal

Inventor: Chin-Long Hsieh (Taichung, TW)
B62M3/08B62M3/00Y10T74/2168
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Patent No.
US 10,259,526
App. No.
15/680,193
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention includes a crank, a pedal and a fastener. The crank has a flower-shaped keyed hole at an outboard end thereof. The pedal has a body and a spindle with a connecting end. The connecting end is formed with flower-shaped keys corresponding to the flower-shaped keyed hole so that the connecting end is inserted into the flower-shaped keyed hole with engagement between the flower-shaped keyed hole and the flower-shaped keys. An end surface of the connecting end is formed with a first threaded hole. The fastener passes through the flower-shaped keyed hole and screws into the first threaded hole for fixing the connecting end of the spindle to the crank.

Claims (25)

1. An assembling structure for a bicycle, comprising:

a crank, having a flower-shaped keyed hole at an outboard end thereof;

a pedal, having a body and a spindle with a connecting end, the connecting end being formed with flower-shaped keys corresponding to the flower-shaped keyed hole so that the connecting end is inserted into the flower-shaped keyed hole with engagement between the flower-shaped keyed hole and the flower-shaped keys, and an end surface of the connecting end being formed with a first threaded hole; and

a fastener passing through the flower-shaped keyed hole and being screwed into the first threaded hole for fixing the connecting end of the spindle to the crank;

wherein a flange is formed on the spindle, the flange is adjacent to and protrudent from the flower-shaped keys, the flange abuts against the crank around the flower-shaped keyed hole, and the flange has a conic section, and a buffering bushing is sandwiched between the conic section and the body of the pedal.

2. The assembling structure of claim 1 , wherein the buffering bushing is formed with a conic hole correspondingly connecting with the conic section of the flange.

3. The assembling structure of claim 1 , wherein the flower-shaped keyed hole and the flower-shaped keys are wheel-shaped teeth which are arranged in protrusions and recesses.

4. The assembling structure of claim 1 , wherein each of two ends of a spindle hole of the body of the pedal is provided with a bearing.

5. The assembling structure of claim 4 , wherein each of the bearings is further provided with a washer.

6. The assembling structure of claim 1 , wherein the fastener is consisted of a bolt and a washer, and a head of the bolt has a hexagon hole.

7. The assembling structure of claim 1 , wherein another end surface of the spindle is formed with a second threaded hole, and a screw is screwed with the second threaded hole.

8. An assembling structure for a bicycle, comprising:

a crank, having a flower-shaped keyed hole at an outboard end thereof;

a pedal, having a body and a spindle with a connecting end, the connecting end being formed with flower-shaped keys corresponding to the flower-shaped keyed hole so that the connecting end is inserted into the flower-shaped keyed hole with engagement between the flower-shaped keyed hole and the flower-shaped keys, and an end surface of the connecting end being formed with a first threaded hole; and

a fastener passing through the flower-shaped keyed hole and being screwed into the first threaded hole for fixing the connecting end of the spindle to the crank;

wherein a flange is formed on an outer end of the spindle, and a hexagon hole is formed in the flange.

9. An assembling structure for a bicycle, comprising:

a crank, having a flower-shaped keyed hole at an outboard end thereof;

a pedal, having a body and a spindle with a connecting end, the connecting end being formed with flower-shaped keys corresponding to the flower-shaped keyed hole so that the connecting end is inserted into the flower-shaped keyed hole with engagement between the flower-shaped keyed hole and the flower-shaped keys, and an end surface of the connecting end being formed with a first threaded hole; and

a fastener passing through the flower-shaped keyed hole and being screwed into the first threaded hole for fixing the connecting end of the spindle to the crank;

wherein a flange is formed on an outer end of the spindle, an adjustment sleeve and a limiting sleeve are put around the spindle to be sandwiched between the crank and the body of the pedal, the limiting sleeve has an inner hole corresponding to the flower-shaped keys so as to be limited at a bottom of the flower-shaped keys, and the limiting sleeve abuts against the crank around the flower-shaped keyed hole.

10. The assembling structure of claim 8 , wherein the flower-shaped keyed hole and the flower-shaped keys are wheel-shaped teeth which are arranged in protrusions and recesses.

11. The assembling structure of claim 8 , wherein each of two ends of a spindle hole of the body of the pedal is provided with a bearing.

12. The assembling structure of claim 11 , wherein each of the bearings is further provided with a washer.

13. The assembling structure of claim 8 , wherein the fastener is consisted of a bolt and a washer, and a head of the bolt has a hexagon hole.

Priority Claims (2)
TW 106125620 A · Jul 28, 2017 · national
TW 106211190 U · Jul 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190031282A1 · Jan 31, 2019
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