Bicycle trainer
AssigneeGiant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorHsaio-Wen Hsu
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Abstract
A bicycle trainer is adapted to be arranged with a bicycle to simulate riding a bicycle on an outdoor road. The bicycle includes a stand, a roller, a first resistance source and a second resistance source. The stand is adapted to support the bicycle. The roller is pivoted to the stand and is adapted to contact a bicycle wheel of the bicycle. The first resistance source is coupled to the roller and provides resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller. The second resistance source is coupled to the roller and provides resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller.
Claims20
A bicycle trainer adapted to be arranged with a bicycle to simulate riding a bicycle on an outdoor road, the bicycle trainer comprising:
- a stand adapted to support the bicycle;
- a roller pivoted to the stand and adapted to contact a bicycle wheel of the bicycle;
- a first resistance source coupled to the roller and providing resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller;
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- a second resistance source coupled to the roller and providing resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller, wherein the first resistance source is an automatic adjusting resistance source, and the second resistance source is a manual adjusting resistance source.
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A bicycle trainer adapted to be arranged with a bicycle to simulate riding a bicycle on an outdoor road, the bicycle trainer comprising:
- a stand adapted to support the bicycle;
- a roller pivoted to the stand and adapted to contact a bicycle wheel of the bicycle;
- a first resistance source coupled to the roller and providing resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller, wherein the first resistance source comprises:
- a magnetic fixing component fixed to the stand;
- a non-magnetic metal rotating component coupled to the roller and mutually interacting with the magnetic fixing component to produce a magnetic resistance;
- a restrictive rotating component coupled to the roller and construing a plurality of paths with the non-magnetic metal rotating component;
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- a plurality of rolling components respectively located in the plurality of paths and respectively moving along the plurality of paths due to the influence of a centrifugal force, allowing the non-magnetic metal rotating component to move with respect to the restrictive rotating component to adjust an interacting distance between the magnetic fixing component and the non-magnetic metal rotating component;
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- a second resistance source coupled to the roller and providing resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller.
A bicycle trainer adapted to be arranged with a bicycle to simulate riding a bicycle on an outdoor road, the bicycle trainer comprising:
- a stand adapted to support the bicycle;
- a roller pivoted to the stand and adapted to contact a bicycle wheel of the bicycle;
- a first resistance source coupled to the roller and providing resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller;
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- a second resistance source coupled to the roller and providing resistance to the bicycle wheel via the roller, wherein the second resistance source comprises:
- a magnetism adjusting component movably attached to the stand;
- a non-magnetic metal rotating component coupled to the roller and mutually interacting with the magnetism adjusting component to produce a magnetic resistance;
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- an adjustment assembly connected to the magnetism adjusting component, used to adjust the interacting area between the magnetism adjusting component and the non-magnetic metal rotating component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.