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US 5,354,085 AGranted
Sprung bicycle
OwnerOtto Gallyinventor
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Abstract
On a sprung bicycle (10), provision is made for a rear wheel (26) of the bicycle (10) to be mounted by way of a knee lever (34). A spring mechanism (42) is articulated to the knee lever (34) and exhibits an inhibiting device (50). The locking device (50) is actuated by way of a driving-force sensor (52), which permits automatic locking as increasing force is exerted on the pedals.
Claims15
A bicycle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a first wheel mounted to the frame;
- a second wheel mounted to the frame;
- at least one pedal rotatably mounted to the frame;
- a resilient wheel suspension secured to the frame, having a spring mechanism resiliently coupling the frame and one of said first and second wheels, and an inhibiting device acting on the spring mechanism;
- a drive train coupled to the at least one pedal and to the second wheel so that a driving force can be transferred from the at least one pedal to the second wheel;
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- a driving-force sensor having means for sensing the driving force transmitted to the second wheel through the drive train, the driving-force sensor being operatively coupled to the inhibiting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.