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US 2017/0370458 A1Published application
Bicycle sprocket and bicycle sprocket assembly
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorKenji KAMADA
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Abstract
A bicycle sprocket includes a first sprocket body and a plurality of first sprocket teeth. The first sprocket teeth include a plurality of tooth tip portions and a plurality of tooth bottom portions. The tooth bottom portions include at least one first tooth bottom portion and at least one second tooth bottom portion. The at least one first tooth bottom portion has a first tooth bottom shape. The at least one second tooth bottom portion has a second tooth bottom shape. The first tooth bottom shape is different from the second tooth bottom shape.
Claims24
A bicycle sprocket having a rotational center axis, the bicycle sprocket comprising:
- a sprocket body;
- and
- a plurality of sprocket teeth that extend outwardly in a radial direction with respect to the rotational center axis from the sprocket body;
- the sprocket teeth including a plurality of tooth tip portions and a plurality of tooth bottom portions, each of the tooth bottom portions being located between a pair of the tooth tip portions that are adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction with respect to the rotational center axis;
- the tooth bottom portions including at least one first tooth bottom portion having a first tooth bottom shape and at least one second tooth bottom portion having a second tooth bottom shape;
- and
- the first tooth bottom shape being different from the second tooth bottom shape.
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