Bicycle frame with inline shock assembly
AssigneeTrek Bicycle Corporation
InventorsEdward A. Alsop, Benjamin Blaise Fullerton, JR., Brian Gerhard Bentler
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Abstract
A bicycle frame includes a front triangle that has a top tube, a down tube, and a seat tube. A bottom side of the top tube includes a cavity. The bicycle frame also includes a seat stay assembly that has a first seat stay, a second seat stay, and a seat stay yoke that connects the first seat stay and the second seat stay. The seat stay yoke is configured to at least partially fit within the cavity on the bottom side of the top tube. The bicycle frame further includes an inline shock assembly that has a stanchion and a shock. At least a portion of the stanchion is configured to fit within the seat stay yoke.
Claims20
A bicycle frame comprising:
- a front triangle that includes a top tube, a down tube, and a seat tube, wherein a bottom side of the top tube includes a cavity;
- a seat stay assembly that includes a first seat stay, a second seat stay, and a seat stay yoke that connects the first seat stay and the second seat stay, wherein the seat stay yoke is configured to at least partially fit within the cavity on the bottom side of the top tube;
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- an inline shock assembly that includes a stanchion and a shock, wherein at least a portion of the stanchion is configured to fit within the seat stay yoke.
A method of constructing a bicycle frame, comprising:
- forming a front triangle that includes a top tube, a down tube, and a seat tube, wherein forming the front triangle includes forming a cavity on a bottom side of the top tube;
- forming a seat stay assembly that includes a first seat stay, a second seat stay, and a seat stay yoke that connects the first seat stay and the second seat stay, wherein the seat stay yoke is formed to at least partially fit within the cavity on the bottom side of the top tube;
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- mounting an inline shock assembly that includes a stanchion and a shock to the seat stay yoke and to the top tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.