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US 12,180,997 B2Granted
Bearing for a bicycle
AssigneeGlory Wheel Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorChien-Hao Lee
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Abstract
A bearing for a bicycle has an outer collar, an inner collar, and an annular gasket. The outer collar and the inner collar are each made of a material comprising one of a self-lubricating material or a metal coated with a self-lubricating coating. The inner collar is mounted rotatably in the outer collar. The annular gasket is mounted between the outer collar and the inner collar, abuts with corresponding surfaces of the outer collar and the inner collar, and is made of a material having a hardness harder than a hardness of the materials for the inner collar and the outer collar.
Claims18
A bearing for a bicycle comprising:
- an outer collar-made of an outer collar material comprising one of a self-lubricating material or a metal coated with a self-lubricating coating layer;
- an inner collar-made of-an inner collar material comprising a self-lubricating material or a metal coated with a self-lubricating coating layer, the inner collar mounted rotatably in the outer collar;
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- an annular gasket mounted between the outer collar and the inner collar, abutting with corresponding surfaces of the outer collar and the inner collar, and made of a material having a hardness harder than a hardness of the outer collar material and the inner collar material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.