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US 5,842,385 AGranted
Handlebar stem assembly for a bicycle
OwnerChien-Yu Suinventor
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Abstract
A handlebar stem assembly includes a handlebar stem, a tubular housing formed on one end portion of the handlebar stem, a passage transversely defined in an inner wall of the tubular housing, and an adjusting member rotatably mounted in the passage such that a handlebar of a bicycle can be eccentrically mounted in the adjusting member.
Claims4
A handlebar stem assembly in combination with a handlebar of a bicycle and comprising:
- a handlebar stem,
- a tubular housing formed on one end portion of said handlebar stem, a passage transversely defined in an inner wall of said tubular housing, an extension formed on an outer wall of said tubular housing and defining a slit communicating with said passage;
- an adjusting member rotatably mounted in said passage, said handlebar eccentrically mounted in said adjusting member, said adjusting member including a cylinder rotatably mounted in said passage and eccentrically defining a hole in which said handlebar is rotatably received, said cylinder including a periphery defining a cutout communicating with said hole;
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- an urging member fixedly mounted in said slit and including a head extending into said passage and pressing the outer wall of said cylinder for fixing said cylinder in said tubular housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.