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US 8,464,608 B2Granted
Bicycle clipless pedal
AssigneeWellgo Pedal's Corp.
InventorChung-I Chen
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Abstract
A bicycle clipless pedal includes a pedal, a locking sheet pivotally mounted on the pedal, and a plastic elastomer located between the pedal and the locking sheet. The pedal has a first clipless end extending therefrom. The locking sheet has a second first clipless end extending therefrom opposite to the first clipless end. A clipping space is defined between the first clipless end and the second clipless end. The elastomer has one end abutting against the pedal and the other end abutting against the locking sheet.
Claims3
A bicycle clipless pedal, comprising:
- a pedal, the pedal having a first clipless end extending therefrom;
- a locking sheet pivotally mounted on the pedal, the locking sheet being elastically pivotable relative to the pedal, the locking sheet having a second clipless end extending therefrom opposite to the first clipless end, a clipping space defined between the first clipless end and the second clipless end for adapting to receive a cleat of a cycling shoe;
- an elastomer located between the pedal and the locking sheet, the elastomer being a part of a pivot between the pedal and the locking sheet, the elastomer having one end abutting against the pedal and the other end abutting against the locking sheet for proving a resilience force to elastically press the locking sheet toward to the pedal, such that the locking sheet is elastically pivoted relative to the pedal for adapting to clip the cleat of the cycling shoe;
- the locking sheet having two ring portions extending therefrom and facing to each other, the pedal having a tenon ring extending therefrom for positioning between the two ring portions of the locking sheet, the elastomer having a through hole laterally defined therein and passing therethrough, a pivot rod passing through the two ring portions of the locking sheet, the tenon ring of the pedal, and the through hole in the elastomer to form the pivot between the pedal and the locking sheet, the tenon ring having a groove defined therein for partially receiving the elastomer, the locking sheet having an abutting blocker extending therefrom and located between the two ring portions for abutting against the elastomer;
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- the elastomer being trapezoid-shaped, so that the elastomer has a narrow end and a broad end opposite to the narrow end, the through hole located in the narrow end of the elastomer.
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