Bicycle suspension components and electronic monitoring devices
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorsMark Santurbane, Brian Jordan, Kevin Wesling
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Abstract
Example bicycle suspension components and electronic monitoring devices are described herein. An example electronic monitoring device includes a housing defining a chamber. The housing is to be coupled to a suspension component. The electronic monitoring device includes a circuit board disposed in the chamber and a sensor electrically coupled to the circuit board. The sensor is to measure a characteristic of the suspension component. The electronic monitoring device also includes a battery holder coupled to the circuit board.
Claims20
An electronic monitoring device for a suspension component of a bicycle, the electronic monitoring device comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber, the housing to be coupled to the suspension component;
- a circuit board disposed in the chamber;
- a sensor electrically coupled to the circuit board, the sensor to measure a characteristic of the suspension component;
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- a battery holder supported by the circuit board.
An electronic monitoring device for a suspension component of a bicycle, the electronic monitoring device comprising:
- a housing to be coupled to the suspension component, a passageway defined through the housing;
- a circuit board disposed in the housing;
- a sensor electrically coupled to the circuit board, the sensor to measure a characteristic of the suspension component;
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- a valve disposed in the passageway to control a flow of fluid into or out of the suspension component, the valve aligned along an axis that is offset from a central axis of the housing.
A suspension component for a bicycle, the suspension component comprising:
- a first tube and a second tube configured in a telescopic arrangement, the first tube having an opening formed in an end of the first tube;
- a spring including a pneumatic chamber defined in the first tube and containing a mass of a pneumatic fluid configured to resist compression of the telescopic arrangement;
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- an electronic monitoring device disposed in the opening, the electronic monitoring device including:
- a housing;
- a circuit board disposed in the housing;
- a sensor electrically coupled to the circuit board, the sensor to measure a characteristic of the spring;
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- a wireless communicator coupled onto a portion of the circuit board, the portion of the circuit board containing the wireless communicator being at least partially disposed on an opposite side of a plane defined by the end of the first tube relative to the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.