Bicycle frame component and method for thermoforming the same
AssigneeA-Pro Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorBORIS LIN
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Abstract
A method for thermoforming a bicycle frame component includes the steps of: (A) preparing first and second casings both made of a thermoplastic material, the first casing having a first abutment surface, the second casing having a second abutment surface; (B) preparing a reinforcing unit; (C) abutting the first and second abutment surfaces against each other, and then placing the reinforcing unit at a junction of the first and second casings; and (D) thermally bonding the reinforcing unit to the first and second casings such that the first and second casings are joined to form the bicycle frame component. A bicycle frame component is also disclosed.
Claims15
A method for thermoforming a bicycle frame component, comprising the steps of:
- (A) preparing a first casing and a second casing both made of a thermoplastic material, the first casing having a first abutment surface, the second casing having a second abutment surface;
- (B) preparing a reinforcing unit which includes at least one of a thermosetting reinforcing member and a thermoplastic reinforcing member;
- (C) abutting the first abutment surface and the second abutment surface against each other, and then placing the reinforcing unit at a junction of the first casing and the second casing;
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- (D) thermally bonding the reinforcing unit to the first casing and the second casing such that the first casing and the second casing are joined to form the bicycle frame component.
A bicycle frame component, comprising:
- a first casinghaving a first inner surface, a first outer surface opposite to said first inner surface, and a first abutment surface interconnecting said first inner surface and said first outer surface;
- a second casing having a second inner surface, a second outer surface opposite to said second inner surface, and a second abutment surface interconnecting said second inner surface and said second outer surface, said second abutment surface and said first abutment surface abutting against each other;
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- a reinforcing unit disposed on and thermally bonded to a junction of said first casing and said second casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.