Patent · US Expired

Bicycle frame

US5188384A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
6References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1990
Grant dateFeb 23, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 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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