Bicycle pedal
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsAkira INOUE, Takuro YAMANE
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Abstract
A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal axle, a pedal body, a first sub member, a first clamping member, a second clamping member, and a biasing structure. The first sub member is movable relative to the pedal body about a first pivot axis in a first pivot direction and a second pivot direction opposite to the first pivot direction. The first clamping member is movable relative to the first sub member about a second pivot axis substantially parallel to the first pivot axis in a third pivot direction and a fourth pivot direction opposite to the third pivot direction. The first pivot axis is closer to a point on the pedal axle than the second pivot axis when viewed from an axial direction parallel to the first pivot axis.
Claims22
A bicycle pedal comprising:
- a pedal axle;
- a pedal body rotatably supported on the pedal axle about a rotational axis;
- a first sub member movably coupled to the pedal body, the first sub member being movable relative to the pedal body about a first pivot axis in a first pivot direction and a second pivot direction opposite to the first pivot direction;
- a first clamping member movably coupled to the first sub member, the first clamping member being movable relative to the first sub member about a second pivot axis substantially parallel to the first pivot axis in a third pivot direction and a fourth pivot direction opposite to the third pivot direction;
- a second clamping member coupled to the pedal body to clamp a cleat together with the first clamping member;
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- a biasing structure configured to bias the first clamping member in the fourth pivot direction and the first sub member in the second pivot direction, the first pivot axis being closer to a point on the pedal axle than the second pivot axis when viewed from an axial direction parallel to the first pivot axis.
A bicycle pedal comprising:
- a pedal axle;
- a pedal body rotatably supported on the pedal axle about a rotational axis;
- a first sub member movably coupled to the pedal body, the first sub member being movable relative to the pedal body about a first pivot axis in a first pivot direction and a second pivot direction opposite to the first pivot direction;
- a first clamping member movably coupled to the first sub member, the first clamping member being movable relative to the first sub member about a second pivot axis substantially parallel to the first pivot axis in the third pivot direction and the fourth pivot direction;
- a second clamping member coupled to the pedal body to clamp a cleat together with the first clamping member;
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- a biasing structure configured to bias the first clamping member in the fourth pivot direction and the first sub member in the second pivot direction,
- the first sub member, the first pivot axis, the first clamping member, the second pivot axis and the biasing structure being configured such that the first sub member is moved relative to the pedal body about the first pivot axis in the first pivot direction in a state where a first force to move the first clamping member in the first pivot direction is applied to the first clamping member, and
- the first sub member, the first pivot axis, the first clamping member, the second pivot axis and the biasing structure being configured such that the first sub member stays or is moved relative to the pedal body about the first pivot axis in the second pivot direction in a state where a second force to move the first clamping member in the third pivot direction is applied to the first clamping member, the first force directing in a direction different from a direction of the second force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.