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US 2005/0028639 A1Published application
Luminous pedals for bicycles
OwnerJen-Show Changinventor
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Abstract
A bicycle pedal includes a body with an axle rotatably received therein and a rotator is connected on the axle and enclosed by a stator. The body includes two rounded corners in the distal end thereof and each rounded corner has a recessed area and a luminous element is received in the recessed area. The recessed area extends to a side of the body so that the luminous element can be seen from distance from a large range of angles. Two reflectors are connected to two sides of the body.
Claims6
A bicycle pedal comprising:
- a body including a central frame which has a passage defined therein and a distal end of the body having two rounded corners, each rounded corner extending to a side of the body and having a recessed area defined therein, at least one first luminous element received in the recessed area in each of the rounded corners;
- an axle inserted in the passage in the central frame of the body and at least one bearing mounted to the axle, a first end of the axle extending from the central frame and fixed by a nut and a second end of the axle extending through an end plate and adapted to be connected to a crank, a rotor connected to the axle, and
- a stator engaged with the body and the axle extending through the stator and mounted to the rotor such that the rotor is rotated relative to the stator, the stator having a coil received therein and being electrically connected to the at least one first luminous element in the rounded corners of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.