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US 9,751,582 B2Granted
Bicycle assembly with bottom bracket area
AssigneeSpecialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
InventorsJason L. Chamberlain, Robb H. Jankura, Brian Daniel Robinson, Bradley L. Paquin
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Abstract
A bicycle assembly can include a main frame having a bottom bracket area to receive a bottom bracket. The bottom bracket area can be made of carbon fiber with one or more embedded seat blanks to serve as bearing surfaces within the bottom bracket area. The disks may be machined to a high tolerance to receive a bottom bracket.
Claims10
A method of forming a bicycle frame comprising:
- providing at least one seat blank having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- forming at least a portion of a frame around the at least one seat blank such that the frame prevents movement of the seat blank relative to the frame;
- and
- machining the frame and the seat blank;
- wherein the step of machining the frame occurs after the step of forming the portion of the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.