Locking Device for a Driveshaft of a Bicycle, and Bicycle Comprising Same
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorPeter Ziemer
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Abstract
A locking device (1) for a drive shaft (2) of a bicycle includes a radially outwardly extending, disk-shaped portion (3) non-rotatably mountable on the drive shaft (2). The radially outwardly extending, disk-shaped portion (3) has at least one groove (5) in a radially outer edge region (4). The locking device (1) also includes a locking element (6) arranged adjacently to the radially outer edge region (4) and an actuatable shift element (7) mechanically operatively connected to the locking element (6). The shift element (7) is actuatable to bring the locking element (6) into interlocking connection with the at least one groove (5) in order to lock the drive shaft (2).
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A locking device (1) for a drive shaft (2) of a bicycle, comprising:
- a radially outwardly extending, disk-shaped portion (3) non-rotatably mountable on the drive shaft (2), the radially outwardly extending, disk-shaped portion (3) having a groove (5) in a radially outer edge region (4);
- a locking element (6) arranged adjacently the radially outer edge region (4);
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- an actuatable shift element (7) mechanically operatively connected to the locking element (6),
- wherein the shift element (7) is actuatable to bring the locking element (6) into interlocking connection with the groove (5) in order to lock the drive shaft (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.