Bicycle frame
US5188384A · kind A · utility
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7Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62K19/34
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A bicycle frame having separate tubes made of composite material and joined to each other in the region of the crank axle bracket with a coiled band also made of composite material. This solid coiled band arrangement, which joins together the saddle frame tube, the lower frame tube and the rear fork tubes with the crank axle bracket, provides a compact junction and force transmitting unit.
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