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US 12,473,049 B2Granted
Bicycle pedal with pins with skewed teeth
AssigneeSport Import GmbH
InventorSwen Lauer
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Abstract
A bicycle pedal includes a pedal body with a first contact surface and an opposite second contact surface, a plurality of pins is arranged on the first contact surface, and a plurality of pins is arranged on the second contact surface. At least one of the pins has a tooth with a skew relative to the respective contact surface of the bicycle pedal, the skew of the tooth has an angle α of between α=5° and α=45° with respect to a perpendicular to the respective contact surface, on which the pin is mounted.
Claims21
Bicycle pedal comprising:
- a pedal body with a first contact surface and an opposite second contact surface,
- wherein a plurality of pins is arranged on the first contact surface,
- wherein a plurality of pins is arranged on the second contact surface,
- wherein at least one of the pins comprises a tooth comprising a skew relative to the respective contact surface of the bicycle pedal,
- wherein the skew of the tooth comprises an angle of between α=5° and α=450 with respect to a perpendicular to the respective contact surface, on which the pin is mounted, and
- wherein the tooth protrudes obliquely or slanted from the contact surface of the pedal such that the tooth points backwards or forwards in the direction of travel when the pin is mounted on the pedal body.
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Replaceable pin for a bicycle pedal,
- wherein the pin comprises a mounting plate, by means of which the pin is mountable on a contact surface of the bicycle pedal,
- wherein the pin comprises at least one tooth,
- wherein the tooth is arranged on the mounting plate such that the tooth comprises a skew relative to the contact surface of the bicycle pedal when the pin is mounted on the bicycle pedal,
- wherein the skew of the tooth comprises an angle of between α=5° and α=45° with respect to the perpendicular to the respective contact surface of the bicycle pedal, and
- wherein the tooth protrudes obliquely or slanted from the contact surface of the pedal such that the tooth points backwards or forwards in the direction of travel when the pin is mounted on the pedal body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.