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US 12,497,124 · App. 18/088,776 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Bicycle stem bolt hidden structure

Inventor: Mu-Rong Li (Taichung, TW)
B62K21/18
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Patent No.
US 12,497,124
App. No.
18/088,776
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bicycle stem bolt hidden structure is provided. The bicycle stem bolt hidden structure includes a base, a connecting member and a cap. The base includes a handlebar side on one end and a tube-through hole on the other end. The connecting member is movably disposed on one side of the tube-through hole; wherein the connecting member has a threaded hole and an annular peripheral groove; and The cap includes a plurality of buckles annularly disposed on one side of the cap; wherein the cap covers the connecting member, and the plurality of buckles engage with the annular peripheral groove, so that the cap and the connecting member forms a bolt hidden space. In use, the plurality of buckles engage the annular peripheral groove, so that the exposed bolt can be hidden in the bolt hidden space.

Claims (5)

1 . A bicycle stem bolt hidden structure, comprising:

a base, including a handlebar side on one end and a tube-through hole on the other end, wherein the base has an accommodating groove on one side of the tube-through hole for accommodating the cap, and the accommodating groove has an inner surface located near the handlebar side, and the inner surface is gradually tilted up toward the handlebar side;

a connecting member, movably disposed on one side of the tube-through hole; wherein the connecting member has a threaded hole and an annular peripheral groove, and the connecting member has an annular slope, so that the connecting member is in a frustum-shape; and

a cap, including a plurality of buckles annularly disposed on one side of the cap; wherein the cap covers the connecting member, and the plurality of buckles engage with the annular peripheral groove, so that the cap and the connecting member forms a bolt hidden space, and wherein the center lines of the plurality of buckles form a buckle center, and the buckle center is not located at the center point of the cap.

2 . The bicycle stem bolt hidden structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of buckles are arc-shaped and each of the inner side of the arc of the buckle faces toward the buckle center, and each buckle is curved and fits in the annular peripheral groove due to the annular shape of the annular peripheral groove, so that the cap is turned smoothly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2022
From: LI, MU-RONG
To: GREAT GO CYCLES INC.
Reel/Frame 062205/0463 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240208603A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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