Bicycle Chain
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTsuyoshi Fukumori, Yusuke Nishimoto, Atsuhiro Emura
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Abstract
An inner link plate for a bicycle chain is provided. The inner link plate may have a longitudinal centerline defining a longitudinal direction and comprising a first inner-link end portion including a first inner-link opening having a first inner-link center axis, a second inner-link end portion including a second inner-link opening having a second inner-link center axis parallel to the first inner-link center axis, and an inner-link intermediate portion interconnecting the first inner-link end portion and the second inner-link end portion. The first inner-link end portion may have an extended edge portion extending to be away from the second inner-link end portion in the longitudinal direction.
Claims23
An inner link plate for a bicycle chain, the inner link plate having a longitudinal centerline defining a longitudinal direction and comprising:
- a first inner-link end portion including a first inner-link opening having a first inner-link center axis;
- a second inner-link end portion including a second inner-link opening having a second inner-link center axis parallel to the first inner-link center axis;
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- a first inner-link intermediate portion interconnecting the first inner-link end portion and the second inner-link end portion,
- wherein the first inner-link end portion has an extended edge portion extending to be away from the second inner-link end portion in the longitudinal direction.
A bicycle chain comprising:
- a first inner link plate having a longitudinal centerline defining a longitudinal direction and comprising:
- a first inner-link end portion including a first inner-link opening having a first inner-link center axis;
- a second inner-link end portion including a second inner-link opening having a second inner-link center axis parallel to the first inner-link center axis;
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- a first inner-link intermediate portion interconnecting the first inner-link end portion and the second inner-link end portion, the first inner-link end portion, the second inner-link end portion and the first inner-link intermediate portion defining a first inner-link outer peripheral edge comprising:
- a first inner-link end edge extending about the first inner-link end portion;
- a second inner-link end edge extending about the second inner-link end portion;
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- a pair of first inner-link intermediate edges extending along the first inner-link intermediate portion between the first inner-link end edge and the second inner-link end edge;
- a first outer link plate comprising:
- a first outer-link end portion including a first outer-link opening,
- a second outer-link end portion including a second outer-link opening, and
- a first outer-link intermediate portion interconnecting the first outer-link end portion and the second outer-link end portion;
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- a first link pin configured to pass through the first inner-link opening and the first outer-link opening;
- wherein the first inner-link end portion has a first extended edge portion extending to be away from the second inner-link end portion in the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.