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US 10,752,320 B2Granted
Bicycle rear hub assembly
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorTomonari Oka
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Abstract
A bicycle rear hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub body, and a sprocket support body. The hub axle includes an axle through-bore that has a minimum inner diameter equal to or larger than 13 mm. The hub body is rotatably mounted on the hub axle about a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear hub assembly. The sprocket support body is rotatably mounted on the hub axle about the rotational center axis.
Claims55
A bicycle rear hub assembly comprising:
- a hub axle including an axle through-bore that has a minimum inner diameter equal to or larger than 13 mm;
- a hub body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear hub assembly, the hub body being rotatable relative to the hub axle;
- and
- a sprocket support body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about the rotational center axis, wherein
- the sprocket support body includes at least one external spline tooth configured to engage with a bicycle rear sprocket assembly,
- the at least one external spline tooth includes a plurality of external spline teeth including a plurality of external-spline driving surfaces to receive a driving rotational force from the bicycle rear sprocket assembly during pedaling,
- the plurality of external-spline driving surfaces each includes
- a radially outermost edge,
- a radially innermost edge, and
- a radial length defined from the radially outermost edge to the radially innermost edge, and
- a total of the radial lengths of the plurality of external-spline driving surfaces is equal to or larger than 7 mm.
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A bicycle rear hub assembly comprising:
- a hub axle including an axle through-bore that has a minimum inner diameter equal to or larger than 13 mm;
- a hub body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear hub assembly;
- a sprocket support body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about the rotational center axis;
- and
- a freewheel structure including
- a first ratchet member including at least one first ratchet tooth, and
- a second ratchet member including at least one second ratchet tooth configured to engage with the at least one first ratchet tooth in a torque transmitting manner, wherein
- the first ratchet member is configured to engage with one of the hub body and the sprocket support body in a torque transmitting manner,
- the second ratchet member is configured to engage with the other of the hub body and the sprocket support body in a torque transmitting manner, and
- at least one of the first ratchet member and the second ratchet member is movable relative to the hub axle in an axial direction with respect to the rotational center axis.
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A bicycle rear hub assembly comprising:
- a hub axle including an axle through-bore that has a minimum inner diameter equal to or larger than 13 mm;
- a hub body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear hub assembly;
- a sprocket support body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about the rotational center axis;
- and
- a brake-rotor support body including at least one additional external spline tooth configured to engage with a bicycle brake rotor, wherein
- the at least one additional external spline tooth has an additional external-spline major diameter that is larger than the external-spline major diameter.
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A bicycle rear hub assembly comprising:
- a hub axle;
- a hub body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear hub assembly;
- and
- a sprocket support body rotatably mounted on the hub axle about the rotational center axis, the sprocket support body including at least ten external spline teeth configured to engage with a bicycle rear sprocket assembly, each of the at least ten external spline teeth having an external-spline driving surface and an external-spline non-driving surface, at least one of the at least ten external spline teeth being circumferentially symmetric with respect to a reference line extending from the rotational center axis to a circumferential center point of a radially outermost end of the at least one of the at least ten external spline teeth in a radial direction with respect to the rotational center axis, wherein
- the external-spline driving surfaces includes
- a radially outermost edge,
- a radially innermost edge, and
- a radial length defined from the radially outermost edge to the radially innermost edge, and
- a total of the radial lengths of the external-spline driving surfaces is equal to or larger than 7 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.