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US 10,920,905 B2Granted
Universal fatigue valve system
AssigneeTrek Bicycle Corporation
InventorPatrick Dean Garner
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Abstract
A valve system includes a cam that has a shaft portion with an opening configured to receive a motor shaft, where the opening is off-center within the shaft portion. The system also includes a connecting rod assembly mounted to the shaft portion of the cam, where the connecting rod assembly includes a flexible one-piece connecting rod. The system further includes a valve mounted to an end of the flexible one-piece connecting rod such that rotation of cam results in translation of the valve.
Claims20
A valve system comprising:
- a cam that includes a shaft portion with an opening configured to receive a motor shaft, wherein the opening is off-center within the shaft portion;
- a connecting rod assembly mounted to the shaft portion of the cam, wherein the connecting rod assembly includes a flexible one-piece connecting rod;
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- a valve mounted to an end of the flexible one-piece connecting rod such that rotation of the cam results in translation of the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.