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| 20090072512 | Bicycle rear suspension system - A bicycle rear suspension system includes a front part including a top tube, a down tube, a head tube and a seat tube. A rear part includes two seat stays and two chain stays. The seat stays have first ends pivotally connected to the dropouts on the first ends of the chain stays and two second ends of the two seat stays are pivotally connected to a first end of a connection member at a first pivot point. Two second ends of the chain stays are pivotally connected to a bridge between the down tube and the seat tube. A second end of the connection member is pivotally connected to the top tube. A cylinder has a first end pivotally connected to the bridge and a second end of the cylinder is pivotally connected to a mediate portion of the connection member at second pivot point. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100007113 | Rear suspension system for bicycles - A rear suspension system for bicycles includes a front triangle, a rear triangle and a shock absorbing unit pivotably connected between the front and rear triangles to allow the rear triangle to move at a regulated rate with regard to the front triangle. The seatstays of the rear triangle have two dropouts and two extension portions on two opposite ends thereof. The two dropouts each have a notch for engaging with a rear wheel shaft. The extension portions are pivotably connected to the shock absorbing unit and the front triangle. The chainstays have two respectively first ends thereof pivotably to the dropouts at two pivot points and two respective second ends pivotably connected to the seat tube. The pivot points are located above or on a line between a center of the bottom bracket and a center of the notches in the dropouts. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100059965 | Bicycle suspension system employing highly predictable pedalling characteristics - A bicycle rear suspension system that includes a main frame and a rear wheel suspension system, the main frame generally is comprised of a seat tube, a down tube, a top tube, and a head tube. The rear wheel suspension system consists of a first linkage member, a rear wheel swingarm, and a second linkage member. The rear wheel suspension system allows for a preferential linear decrease in rate of chainstay lengthening combined with a preferential linear decrease in rate of acceleration anti-squat with the value of 100% anti-squat occurring at the statically weighted sag point. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110193316 | BICYCLE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM - A bicycle rear suspension system includes a front part including a top tube, a down tube, a head tube and a seat tube. A rear part of the bicycle rear suspension system includes two seat stays and two chain stays. The seat stays have first ends pivotally connected to the dropouts on the first ends of the chain stays and two second ends pivotally connected to a first end of a connection member at a first pivot point. Two second ends of the chain stays are pivotally connected to a bridge between the down tube and the seat tube. A second end of the connection member is pivotally connected to the top tube. A cylinder has a first end pivotally connected to the bridge and a second end pivotally connected to a mediate portion of the connection member at a second pivot point. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110227312 | BICYCLE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM - A bicycle rear suspension system is connected between front and rear triangles. The suspension system includes an eccentric bearing unit disposed within one of the front and rear triangles, a connecting member connected pivotally to the other one of the front and rear triangles, and a pivot. The eccentric bearing unit includes an outer bearing, and an inner bearing movable within the outer bearing along an annular path. The pivot extends through the inner bearing of the eccentric bearing unit and into the connecting member such that, application of a force to the rear triangle results in pivoting movement of the rear triangle relative to the front triangle, and movement of the inner bearing along the annular path. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110312456 | Bicycle Sprocket - A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body and a plurality of angularly equidistant teeth extending radially and outwardly from an outer periphery of the sprocket body. The sprocket body has a plurality of bottom edges along the outer periphery. The bottom edges extend in a generally circumferential direction of the sprocket body. Each of the bottom edges is connected between two adjacent ones of the teeth. The central points of the bottom edges include at least first and second groups of the central points. Each of the first group of the central points is spaced apart from the center of the sprocket body by a first distance. Each of the second group of the central points is spaced apart from the center of the sprocket body by a second distance that is smaller than the first distance. The difference between the first and second distances is smaller than 2 mm. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20090261556 | Bicycle Rear Suspension System Linkage - A bicycle rear suspension system includes a main frame and a rear wheel suspension system. The main frame generally comprises a seat tube, a down tube, a top tube, and a head tube. The rear wheel suspension system comprises a first linkage member, a rear wheel swingarm, and a second linkage member. The first linkage member is shorter than 15 mm from its pivotal connection to the main frame and its pivotal connection to the rear wheel swingarm, and changes its direction of rotation as the rear wheel is articulated generally vertically. The rear wheel suspension system allows for a preferential rear wheel axle travel path that provides for increased rates of chainstay lengthening in the first part of the vertical rear wheel travel with a rapid change to reduced chainstay lengthening in the latter part of the vertical rear wheel travel so that the overall change in chainstay length is small relative to the amount of vertical rear wheel travel. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090261557 | Bicycle Rear Suspension System - A bicycle comprising a front triangle, a rear wheel suspension system and a rear wheel in articulating relation thereto, wherein said rear wheel suspension system articulates said rear wheel along a non-arcuate travel path such that said rear wheel suspension system compression causes a shock rate, as defined by a change in shock length over a change in rear wheel travel distance, to vary such that the rate of change of said shock rate changes sign at least twice and varies by no more than 15% and the overall rate of chainstay lengthening for the bike is at least 10% of overall vertical wheel travel. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100220947 | BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET - An improved bicycle bottom bracket system and methods of manufacturing and installing such a system. The improved system generally includes bearings mounted within bearing cups on either side of the bottom bracket shell of a bicycle frame, and an alignment mechanism designed to result in substantially parallel, concentric alignment of the bearings. The alignment mechanism generally involves some form of aligned engagement of the left and right bearing cups with each other, such as direct abutment or threaded engagement. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110018228 | Bicycle Rear Suspension Linkage - A bicycle comprising a front triangle and a rear wheel having a rear wheel axis, a rear wheel suspension system further comprising a link further comprising a first pivotal axis for connection to said front triangle and a second pivotal axis for connection to a rear wheel swingarm, wherein the distance from said second pivotal axis to a first vertical plane decreases during a first portion of suspension compression and increases during a second portion of suspension compression; and wherein said first vertical plane is defined as a plane which is perpendicular to the ground and offset in the direction of the rear wheel with respect to the first and second pivotal axis. During the first portion of suspension compression and during the second portion of suspension compression the front triangle remains stationary with respect to the first vertical plane. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110109060 | ACTIVE SHOCK-DAMPING SYSTEM - Bicycles and bicycle suspension systems including a sensor configured to sense a force or torque exerted by a rider on a bicycle, and a suspension adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a parameter of the bicycle suspension system in response. A controller or suspension management unit may be provided to receive data from the sensor, determine a corresponding suspension configuration, and transmit a suitable signal to the suspension adjustment mechanism. Accordingly, desired suspension characteristics may be achieved under various riding conditions. | 05-12-2011 |
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| 20100183789 | Method and apparatus for making frozen comestibles - A frozen comestible maker suitable for home use includes single or multiple molding cavities for forming frozen comestibles, a heat exchanger for maximizing the heat transfer away from the fluid that is being frozen in the molding cavities, a refrigerant solution with a depressed freezing point in contact with the heat exchangers, a base container to seal the refrigerant solution from the fluid that is being frozen, and a bezel piece to retain spills and aid with handling. The refrigerant solution is captured between the molding cavities and the base container. One or more sticks, a drip cup, and an extraction tool may be provided with the frozen comestible maker for preparing and extracting shaped frozen comestibles, such as ice pops and popsicles, therefrom. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110167836 | Method and Apparatus for Making Frozen Comestibles - An apparatus for preparing frozen comestibles including a container having an interior portion holding a refrigerant solution, and a mold insert attached to the container. The mold insert includes a base, molding cavities extending therefrom, and a heat exchanger in communication with the molding cavities. The mold insert is received within the container such that the molding cavities are housed within the interior portion of the container and the heat exchangers are submerged within the refrigerant solution. The molding cavities include exposed openings that receive fluids to be frozen. When the refrigerant solution is at a sufficiently cool temperature, the fluids freeze into a shaped frozen comestible. | 07-14-2011 |
