# US 12,179,872 B2 · Device for adjusting seat height

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- Number: US 12,179,872 B2
- Document ID: US12179872B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/980,637
- Filed: 2022-11-04
- Published: 2023-11-02
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2022-04-27
- Applicants: Jung-Yu Hsu
- Inventors: Jung-Yu Hsu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179872B2

## CPC

- B62J 1/08: Frames for saddles; Connections between saddle frames and seat pillars; Seat pillars (attaching seat pillars to cycle frames B62K19/36)
- F16B 7/182: {for coaxial connections of two rods or tubes}
- B62J 2001/085: {Seat pillars having mechanisms to vary seat height, independently of the cycle frame}
- B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

A device for adjusting a seat height includes a fixation seat, an outer tube, an inner tube received in the outer tube, a cylinder housed in the inner tube, and a piston rod accommodated in the cylinder and combined with the inner tube. The fixation seat is attached to a bicycle seat. The outer tube is adapted to be connected with a bicycle frame. The piston rod can be displaced relative to the cylinder, so that the inner tube is driven by the piston rod to move relative to the outer tube within a displacement stroke, so as to adjust the height of the bicycle seat. In addition, the inner tube can be displaced relative to the piston rod by the rotation of the piston rod, so that the rider can adjust the bicycle seat height according to his own height or specific needs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for adjusting a seat height comprising:
an outer tube adapted to be connected with a bicycle frame and including upper and lower ends spaced in a longitudinal direction;
an inner tube received in the outer tube and being movable relative to the outer tube in the longitudinal direction, with the inner tube including an upper portion extending out of the upper end of the outer tube and adapted to be connected to a bicycle seat, with a connecting portion fixedly provided in the inner tube adjacent to the upper portion and provided with a screw hole extending therethrough in the longitudinal direction;
a cylinder received in the inner tube and including first and second ends spaced in the longitudinal direction, with the first end being adjacent the lower end of the outer tube; and
a piston rod received in the cylinder and being movable relative to the cylinder in the longitudinal direction, with one end of the piston rod extending out of the second end of the cylinder and having a screw portion thereon, wherein the screw portion is screwed in the screw hole of the connecting portion and has a head end which passes through the screw hole, wherein the inner tube is movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the piston rod by rotating the head end of the piston rod.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device for adjusting a seat height as claimed in claim 1, wherein a length of the screw portion in the longitudinal direction is greater than a length of the screw hole in the longitudinal direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device for adjusting a seat height as claimed in claim 1, wherein the screw hole includes a top end having an enlarged portion with a hole diameter larger than a hole diameter of the screw hole, wherein the head end has a bottom portion provided with a stopper with an outer diameter larger than the hole diameter of the screw hole, wherein when the inner tube is moved relative to the piston rod until the head end of the screw portion abuts against the connecting portion, the stopper is located in the enlarged portion to form an upper positioning point.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device for adjusting a seat height as claimed in claim 3, wherein the stopper is a retaining ring.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device for adjusting a seat height as claimed in claim 1, wherein a nut is provided in the inner tube to form the connecting portion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device for adjusting a seat height as claimed in claim 1, wherein an operation hole is formed in the upper portion of the inner tube, and the screw hole communicates with the operation hole, with the operation hole having a hole diameter larger than a hole diameter of the screw hole, with the head end of the screw portion located in the operation hole.