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US 10,766,301 B2Granted
Rear wheel fixing mechanism for a bicycle
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTomonari Oka, Yuuya Yoneda
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Abstract
A rear wheel fixing mechanism for a bicycle is provided that includes an axle, a rear hub body, and a first clamp. The rear hub body is rotatably mounted around the axle about a rotational center axis. The first clamp is configured to exert a first clamping force in a perpendicular direction with respect to the rotational center axis onto a first clamping portion of the axle to mount the axle on a frame of the bicycle.
Claims31
A rear wheel fixing mechanism for a bicycle, the rear wheel fixing mechanism comprising:
- an axle;
- a rear hub body rotatably mounted around the axle about a rotational center axis;
- a first clamp configured to exert a first clamping force in a perpendicular direction with respect to the rotational center axis onto a first clamping portion of the axle to mount the axle on a frame of the bicycle;
- and
- a second clamp configured to exert a second clamping force in the perpendicular direction of the rotational center axis onto a second clamped portion of the axle to mount the axle on the frame of the bicycle, the first clamping portion located axially outward of the rear hub body in a first axial direction along the rotational center axis, the second clamping portion located axially outward of the rear hub body in a second axial direction along the rotational center axis opposite to the first axial direction.
2 more elements
A rear axle for use with a rear hub of a bicycle wheel, the rear axle comprising:
- a hub mounting portion configured to rotatably mount a rear hub so that the rear hub can rotate around a rotational center axis;
- and
- a first clamping portion located axially outward of the hub mounting portion in a first axial direction along the rotational center axis, the first clamping portion being configured to receive a first clamping force applied in a perpendicular direction with respect to the rotational center axis in a state in which the rear axle is mounted to a bicycle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.