Bicycle headset

A headset for use in a wheeled vehicle comprising a steerer tube, a head tube engaged on said steerer tube by a lower bowl engaged in an upper portion of said head tube and engaged between said steerer tube and said head tube, a bearing rotatably engaged on said lower bowl, a sleeve engaged on said steerer tube and located above said lower bowl and including a slit vertically formed along the length thereof and a first tapered surface formed in an outer peripheral portion thereof, an upper bowl engaged on said bearing and including a second tapered surface formed in an inner peripheral portion thereof for engagement with said first tapered surface of said sleeve and arranged such that said upper bowl applies a downward and radially inward force to said sleeve when said upper bowl moves downward toward said lower bowl, means for compressing said upper bowl downward toward said lower bowl in order to force said sleeve radially inward so as to stably couple said upper bowl and said sleeve and said steerer tube together, and means for coupling said upper bowl to said steerer tube, said coupling means being engaged on said sleeve.

A headset for use in a wheeled vehicle comprising a steerer tube including a slot formed therein, a head tube mounted around said steerer tube by a lower bowl which is engaged in an upper portion of said head tube and which is engaged between said steerer tube and said head tube, a bearing rotatably engaged on said lower bowl, a sleeve including a slit vertically formed therein engaged on said steerer tube and located above said lower bowl, and an upper bowl including at least one notch formed therein engaged on said sleeve, a coupling means including a ring element having at least one key extending outward therefrom for engagement with said notch of said upper bowl and having an extension extending inward therefrom and extending through said slit of said sleeve and engaged with said slot or said steerer tube.

A headset for use in a wheeled vehicle comprising a steerer tube, a head tube mounted around said steerer tube by a lower bowl which is engaged in an upper portion of said head tube and which is engaged between said steerer tube and said head tube, a bearing rotatably engaged on said lower bowl, a sleeve including a first tapered surface formed in an outer peripheral portion thereof engaged on said steerer tube and located above said lower bowl, an upper bowl including a second tapered surface formed in an inner peripheral portion thereof engaged on said bearing for engagement with said first tapered surface of said sleeve, and means for coupling said upper bowl to said steerer tube, said coupling means being engaged on said sleeve.

A headset for use in a wheeled vehicle comprising a steerer tube, a head tube engaged on said steerer tube by a lower bowl engaged in an upper portion of said head tube and engaged between said steerer tube and said head tube, a bearing rotatably engaged on said lower bowl, a sleeve engaged on said steerer tube and located above said lower bowl, an upper bowl engaged on said bearing and engaged on said sleeve, means for coupling said upper bowl to said steerer tube, said coupling means being engaged on said sleeve, a guide engaged on said steerer tube and including a pair of legs extending in parallel and extending outward therefrom, an opening formed in said legs, and said legs being coupled together.