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US 9,168,967 B2Granted
Frame unit for bicycle and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJungnam Choi
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Abstract
A frame unit for a bicycle may include a left frame body in which a part of an adjusting portion, a part of a seat tube, a part of a frame, and a left stay are integrally formed; and a right frame body in which a part of the adjusting portion, a part of the seat tube, a part of the frame, and a right stay are integrally formed, in which the seat tube and the frame are integrally formed by adjusting a length of the adjusting portion, and the left frame body and the right frame body are coupled integrally.
Claims15
A frame unit for a bicycle comprising:
- a left frame body in which a part of an adjusting portion, a part of a seat tube, a part of a frame, and a left stay are integrally formed;
- and
- a right frame body in which a part of the adjusting portion, a part of the seat tube, a part of the frame, and a right stay are integrally formed,
- wherein the seat tube and the frame are integrally formed by adjusting a length of the adjusting portion, and then the left frame body and the right frame body are coupled integrally, and
- wherein the left and right frame bodies are joined to each other along edges of the left and right frame bodies in a state in which a reinforcing panel is installed inside the left and right frame bodies,
- wherein the reinforcing panel is installed between the head tube and the frame.
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A frame unit for a bicycle comprising:
- a left frame body in which a part of an adjusting portion, a part of a seat tube, a part of a frame, and a left stay are integrally formed;
- and
- a right frame body in which a part of the adjusting portion, a part of the seat tube, a part of the frame, and a right stay are integrally formed,
- wherein the seat tube and the frame are integrally formed by adjusting a length of the adjusting portion, and then the left frame body and the right frame body are coupled integrally,
- wherein the left and right frame bodies are joined to each other along edges of the left and right frame bodies in a state in which a reinforcing panel is installed inside the left and right frame bodies,
- wherein on the reinforcing panel, a plurality of reinforcing beads are formed, and
- wherein the reinforcing beads are spaced apart, and wherein at least one of the plurality of reinforcing beads protrudes inward from the reinforcing panel and another of the at least one of the plurality of reinforcing beads protrudes outward from the reinforcing panel.
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A method of manufacturing a frame unit for a bicycle comprising:
- press-forming a left frame body in which a part of an adjusting portion, a part of a seat tube, a part of a frame, and a left stay are integrally formed;
- press-forming a right frame body in which a part of the adjusting portion, a part of the seat tube, a part of the frame, and a right stay are integrally formed;
- adjusting a length of the adjusting portion;
- and
- coupling the left frame body and the right frame body,
- wherein a reinforcing panel is installed inside the left and right frame bodies, and the reinforcing panel is joined together with the left and right frame bodies along edges thereof, and
- wherein the reinforcing panel is installed between the head tube and the frame, and thereafter, joined together with the left and right frame bodies.
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A method of manufacturing a frame unit for a bicycle comprising:
- press-forming a left frame body in which a part of an adjusting portion, a part of a seat tube, a part of a frame, and a left stay are integrally formed;
- press-forming a right frame body in which a part of the adjusting portion, a part of the seat tube, a part of the frame, and a right stay are integrally formed;
- adjusting a length of the adjusting portion;
- and
- coupling the left frame body and the right frame body,
- wherein a reinforcing panel is installed inside the left and right frame bodies, and the reinforcing panel is joined to the left and right frame bodies along edges thereof, and
- wherein on the reinforcing panel, a plurality of reinforcing beads are formed, and wherein the reinforcing beads are spaced apart, and wherein at least one of the plurality of reinforcing beads protrudes inward from the reinforcing panel and another of the at least one of the plurality of reinforcing beads protrudes outward from the reinforcing panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.