IP Library Granted Patent US 10,640,169
Granted Patent B2
US 10,640,169 · App. 15/850,099 · Granted May 5, 2020

Bicycle frame

Inventor: Andrea Pedretti (Reggio Emilia, IT)
B62K25/04B62K3/02B62K25/12B62K25/286B62K2025/044B62K2025/048
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,640,169
App. No.
15/850,099
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bicycle frame includes a main frame ( 20 ); a rear frame ( 30 ) articulated to the main frame ( 20 ); a rocker link ( 40 ) articulated to the main frame ( 20 ), through a first hinge axis (B), and to the rear frame ( 30 ), through a second hinge axis (C) parallel and eccentric to the first hinge axis (B); a damper ( 50 ) arranged between the rear frame ( 30 ), through the rocker link ( 40 ), and the main frame ( 20 ); and a displacement element ( 60 ) configured to move the first hinge axis (B) that constrains the rocker link ( 40 ) to the main frame ( 20 ).

Claims (15)

1. A bicycle frame ( 10 ) comprising:

a main frame ( 20 ); a rear frame ( 30 ) articulated to the main frame ( 20 ); a rocker link ( 40 ) articulated to the main frame ( 20 ), through a first hinge axis (B), and to the rear frame ( 30 ), through a second hinge axis (C) parallel and eccentric to the first hinge axis (B);

a damper ( 50 ) arranged between the rear frame ( 30 ), through the rocker link ( 40 ), and the main frame ( 20 ); and

a displacement element ( 60 ) configured to move the first hinge axis (B) that connects the rocker link ( 40 ) to the main frame ( 20 ) wherein the displacement element ( 60 ) comprises an interconnection body ( 61 ) connected in a movable manner to the rocker link ( 40 ), wherein the interconnection body ( 60 ) is hinged to the main frame ( 20 ) through the first hinge axis (B) and wherein the interconnection body ( 61 ) is rotatably connected to the rocker link ( 40 ) about an oscillation axis (F) parallel and eccentric with respect to the first hinge axis (B).

2. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the damper ( 50 ) is hinged to the rocker link ( 40 ) through a third hinge axis (E) parallel and eccentric to the first hinge axis (B) and to the second hinge axis (C).

3. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the displacement element ( 60 ) is connected to the rocker link ( 40 ).

4. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillation axis (F) is parallel and eccentric with respect to the second hinge axis (C) and to the third hinge axis (E).

5. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the displacement element ( 60 ) comprises an actuator ( 64 ) configured to move the inter-connection body ( 61 ) with respect to the rocker link ( 40 ).

6. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 5 , wherein the actuator ( 64 ) is a rotary hydraulic actuator.

7. A bicycle frame ( 10 ) comprising:

a main frame ( 20 ); a rear frame ( 30 ) articulated to the main frame ( 20 ); a rocker link ( 40 ) articulated to the main frame ( 20 ), through a first hinge axis (B), and to the rear frame ( 30 ), through a second hinge axis (C) parallel and eccentric to the first hinge axis (B);

a damper ( 50 ) arranged between the rear frame ( 30 ), through the rocker link ( 40 ), and the main frame ( 20 ); and

a displacement element ( 60 ) configured to move the first hinge axis (B) that connects the rocker link ( 40 ) to the main frame ( 20 ) wherein the displacement element ( 60 ) comprises an interconnection body ( 61 ) connected in a movable manner to the rocker link ( 40 ), wherein the interconnection body ( 60 ) is hinged to the main frame ( 20 ) through the first hinge axis (B) the displacement element ( 60 ) comprising an actuator ( 64 ) configured to move the inter-connection body ( 61 ) with respect to the rocker link ( 40 ) and wherein the rocker link ( 40 ) comprises a housing ( 62 ) in which the actuator ( 64 ) is contained.

8. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the first hinge axis (B) is mobile between a first end stop position and a different second end stop position on a determined trajectory traced along the rocker link ( 40 ).

9. The bicycle frame ( 10 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the displacement element ( 60 ) is configured to lock the first hinge axis (B) selectively in one of the first end stop position, the second end stop position and any intermediate position therebetween.

Priority Claims (1)
EP 17425065 · Jun 21, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180370589A1 · Dec 27, 2018
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