US4659097A
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Bicycle
Assignee: Duerkopp Systemtechnik GmbH
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Filing: 1985-08-09
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Granted: 1987-04-21
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Expires: 2005-08-09
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a bicycle, the frame (31) of which is connected to a single-arm drive extension (30) which, at its rear end, has firmly connected to it a rear wheel axle (11a) which is rotatably mounted and can be driven by a drive device (38,33,34,35), onto which rear wheel axle (11a) the rear wheel can be attached from one side. Moreover, the front wheel holder connected to the bicycle frame (31) is designed as a monospar fork (1), with the front wheel axle (11) being firmly connected to the monospar fork (1) for accommodating the front wheel on one side. The wheels (8a,8b) have wheel hubs (9a,9b) which are designed in half shell shapes and are open towards the axle bearing devices (12,13,14), with a break device (22), which is firmly connected to the axle bearing device, being arranged within at least one half shell shaped wheel hub, which brake device (22) can be pressed against the inner peripheral surface of a wheel hub (9a, 9b) for braking the bicycle. The bicycle according to the invention, apart from identical wheels, has practically identical axle bearings and brake devices for the front and rear wheels, which are protected from external influences by the wheel hubs. By releasing only one screw (20), it is possible to change a wheel without dismantling the brake devices.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerd Kupper
- 👤 Siegfried Zabinski
- 👤 Burghardt Vossen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 01:09
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62K; B62K3/00; B62K3/02; B62K25/00; B62K25/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
A bicycle comprising: a bicycle frame; an identical front and rear wheel; a front wheel holder designed as a monospar fork rotatably connected to the bicycle frame and tube shaped element attached to said monospar fork inside of which a wheel axle is mounted by means of bearing devices on which axle the front wheel can be attached; a single arm drive extension connected to the bicycle frame, which drive extension, at its rear end, has a drive device in communication with a rear wheel and which drive extension has a tube shaped element inside of which a wheel axle is mounted by means of bearing devices onto which axle the rear wheel can be attached from one side; and a brake device; wherein: the wheels have wheel hubs which are designed in half shell shapes and are open towards the axle bearing devices, the hubs having a polyhedron shaped axial opening for attaching the wheels onto a tapered axle extension, the wheels being secured by a screw which can be screwed axially into the wheel axle; the half shell shaped hubs housing a brake device secured to the axle bearing devices, which brake device can be pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the wheel hub in order to brake the bicycle; and the rear wheel drive being connected to the end of the rear wheel axle opposite to the rear wheel hub inside the drive extension.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
A bicycle comprising: a bicycle frame; an identical front and rear wheel; a front wheel holder designed as a monospar fork rotatably connected to the bicycle frame and tube shaped element attached to said monospar fork inside of which a wheel axle is mounted by means of bearing devices on which axle the front wheel can be attached; a single arm drive extension connected to the bicycle frame, which drive extension, at its rear end, has a drive device in communication with a rear wheel and which drive extension has a tube shaped element inside of which a wheel axle is mounted by means of bearing devices onto which axle the rear wheel can be attached from one side; and a brake device; wherein: the wheels have wheel hubs which are designed in half shell shapes and are open towards the axle bearing devices, the hubs having a polyhedron shaped axial opening for attaching the wheels onto a tapered axle extension, the wheels being secured by a screw which can be screwed axially into the wheel axle; the half shell shaped hubs housing a brake device secured to the axle bearing devices, which brake device can be pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the wheel hub in order to brake the bicycle; and the rear wheel drive being connected to the end of the rear wheel axle opposite to the rear wheel hub inside the drive extension.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 1, wherein brake device are arranged in the wheel hubs of both wheels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the axle bearing devices and the brake devices for the front and rear wheels are identical.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A bicycle as defined in claim 2, further comprising a cable line for the front wheel brake disposed within the monospar fork.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monospar fork comprises a tube which is slightly bent in the wheel axis area and onto the lower end of which is attached a cylinder about the axis of which the front wheel rotates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cylinder supports the axle bearing devices.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the tube is enclosed in a casing which, at opposite tube sides, merges into T-shaped extension pieces.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a support on the inner periphery of the wheel hubs in the area of the brake elements.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising transmission devices for switching on a brake light and for recording the speed of the bicycle, said transmission devices arranged in the wheel hub and firmly connected to the axle bearing device, with corresponding signal transmission lines running inside the monospar fork and the drive extension respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bicycle frame comprises at least four adjacently located shells.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
68 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 10, wherein two inner shells which are provided with openings, are attached to one another over an area and also to a tube shaped holder for accommodating the monospar fork and to a tube element for holding a saddle, wherein both inner shells are covered by outer shells which are at a distance from the inner shells at least over an area.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 11, wherein the bicycle frame, in the lower area, accommodates a holding device firmly connected to the tube element in order to accommodate the drive extension.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 12, wherein the holding device is designed as a funnel having side walls running at a slope towards one another, into which side walls a correspondingly shaped part of the drive extension can be drawn.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
56 words
A bicycle as claimed in claim 13, wherein inclined contact surfaces are arranged inside the holding device, and wedge elements run up on these inclined contact surfaces if they are moved towards one another by means of a screw device, and wherein the wedge elements engage in openings of the drive extension and drive the latter.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1990-04-20 | 1990-10-20 | 1991-04-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1994-04-20 | 1994-10-20 | 1995-04-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1998-04-20 | 1998-10-20 | 1999-04-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |