B62M 3/003
Combination of crank axles and bearings housed in the bottom bracket
Official title: {Combination of crank axles and bearings housed in the bottom bracket (bottom bracket frame details B62K19/34)}
B62M3/003 (Combination of crank axles and bearings housed in the bottom bracket) appears on 247 US grants and 256 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62M- Granted patents
- 247
- Published applications
- 256
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 335
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Propulsion and transmission mechanism for bicycles, similar vehicles and exercise apparatus233US 5,121,654 A1992
- Gear crank for a bicycle52US 4,331,043 AShimano Industrial Company Limited · 1982
- Two-piece crankshaft for bicycles49US 4,704,919 A1987
- Bicycle crank bearing assembly48US 4,545,691 A1985
- Light-weight bicycle crankshaft assembly utilizing two-piece axle integrally joined to crank arms45US 5,493,937 A1996