Double-step offset axle
OwnerBrent Lorscheiderinventor
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Abstract
A one-piece double-step offset axle with an offset center section located between two eccentric steps is disclosed. The offset center section locates and supports the front wheel and may be adjusted to a plurality of locations relative to the forks by rotating the axle in the fork axle housings before the axle pinch bolts or nuts are tightened. The axle facilitates adjustments to the front wheel location and allows riders, mechanics, and designers to alter the chassis or frame geometry, and thus the manner, in which any given motorcycle or bicycle steers and handles according to personal preference.
Claims10
An axle for adjustment of a cycle wheel, comprising:
- a large end with a large end step, a large end cap, and a cylindrical shape,
- a center section offset from the large end locates and supports a wheel hub of the cycle wheel, the center section having a cylindrical shape and a small end step, and
- a small end concentric with the large end, the small end having a cylindrical shape with a threaded tip received by an axle nut, wherein:
- the large end and the small end are connected to a split axle housing located at a bottom of each of a first fork and a second fork of a cycle respectively, whereby said housings are pinched together to form direct rigid and rotationally-resisting connections between the respective split axle housings and the large and small ends.
An axle for adjustment of a cycle wheel, comprising:
- a large end housed in a pinchable first fork split axle housing,
- a center section, offset from the large end, that locates and supports a wheel hub of the cycle wheel, and
- a small end, concentric with the large end, housed in a pinchable second fork split axle housing, such that the small end engages the pinchable second fork split axle housing, the small end having a threaded tip received by an axle nut,
- wherein the axle is rotated to a desired position and secured with the axle nut and pinched fork split axle housings.
An axle for adjustment of a cycle wheel, comprising:
- a large end with a large end cap, the large end housed in a first fork split axle housing,
- an offset center section that locates and supports a wheel hub of the cycle wheel, and
- a small end concentric with the large end, the small end housed in a second fork split axle housing such that the small end directly engages the second fork split axle housing, said small end having a threaded tip received by a nut,
- wherein the large end cap bears an axial compression load in conjunction with the nut received by the threaded tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.