Bicycle component comprising an adapter unit and adapter unit
AssigneeDt Swiss Inc.
InventorsMartin Walthert, Stefan Spahr, Simon Haas
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Abstract
A bicycle component includes a hub shell for a wheel of an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, wherein the hub shell is rotatably supported by at least one bearing device. An adapter unit is disposed on one end of the hub shell. The adapter unit includes an inner stopper having an inner stop face for transferring a clamping force to the bearing device and an outer stopper with an outer stop face transmitting at least part of the clamping force. The adapter unit includes a first and a second stopper component transmitting the clamping force.
Claims21
A bicycle component, comprising:
- a hub shell for a wheel of an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, the hub shell being rotatably supported by means of at least one bearing device;
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- an adapter unit arranged on at least one end of the hub shell, wherein the adapter unit comprises an inner stopper having an inner stop face for transferring a clamping force to the bearing device and an outer stopper located axially adjacent to the inner stopper and with an outer stopper face transmitting at least part of the clamping force,
- said inner stopper and said outer stopper each having outermost ends that are axially furthest away from a center of said hub shell, wherein said outermost end of said outer stopper is axially further away from the center of the hub shell than the outermost end of the inner stopper,
- said inner stopper and said outer stopper each having innermost ends, wherein said innermost end of said inner stopper is closer to the center of the hub shell than said innermost end of said outer stopper, and
- wherein a smallest inner diameter of said outer stopper is less than an inner diameter of said inner stopper.
An adapter unit for a hub of an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle comprising:
- a first stopper component having an inner stopper and an inner stop face at least partially disposed thereat and a second stopper component having an outer stopper and an outer stop face at least partially disposed thereat;
- wherein the first stopper component is substantially configured tubular;
- wherein the second stopper component is configured tubular and comprises an outwardly protruding flange forming the outer stopper;
- wherein the second stopper component and the first stopper component radially surround one another in portions;
- wherein the first stopper component and the second stopper component are held together secure against loss by means of a friction member;
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- wherein said inner stopper and said outer stopper each have outermost ends that are axially furthest away from a center of the hub, wherein said outermost end of said outer stopper is axially further away from the center of the hub than the outermost end of the inner stopper,
- said inner stopper and said outer stopper each having innermost ends, wherein said innermost end of said inner stopper is closer to the center of the hub shell than said innermost end of said outer stopper, and
- wherein a smallest inner diameter of said outer stopper is less than an inner diameter of said inner stopper.
An adapter unit for a two-wheeled vehicle having a frame and a fork and dropouts on the frame and the fork and comprising an at least partially muscle-powered drive and a front wheel and a rear wheel, wherein the front wheel and the second wheel each comprises a hub and a pertaining axle unit and a brake disk which is axially fixed by means of a fixing ring screwed into the hub, wherein at least one of the hubs of the front wheel and the second wheel is clampingly accommodated in the dropouts by way of said adapter unit, said adapter unit comprising:
- at least one first stopper component and at least one second stopper component, wherein said at least one first stopper component and said at least one second stopper component each transmitting the clamping force;
- wherein the at least one second stopper component radially surrounds the at least one first stopper component over at least an overlapping portion;
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- wherein the at least one first and second stopper components each comprise at least two stepped diameter portions in the overlapping portion.
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