Patents by Inventor PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS

PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11884363
    Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes
  • Patent number: 11867256
    Abstract: A bicycle chain includes inner link members and outer link member. An inner link having two connecting openings which are formed at a distance from each other, pass through the inner link in the thickness direction thereof and are each designed for receiving a connecting component in order to connect the inner link to a further inner link in order to form an inner link member of a bicycle chain. An outer link member may be formed and attached to the inner link. The inner and/or outer links may be formed with features asymmetric about various orientations of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Diogo Daniel Soares Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11384815
    Abstract: A bicycle chain is used to transmit the drive force to at least one chain wheel and contains chain rollers and inner and outer plates which are connected to each other by means of pins. As a result of a corresponding shaping of the extremely hard inner plate, the wear on the teeth which cooperate with the inner plate can be reduced on the chain wheels or sprockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 11353102
    Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes
  • Publication number: 20220090671
    Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ANTUNES
  • Publication number: 20220056984
    Abstract: A bicycle chain includes inner link members and outer link member. An inner link having two connecting openings which are formed at a distance from each other, pass through the inner link in the thickness direction thereof and are each designed for receiving a connecting component in order to connect the inner link to a further inner link in order to form an inner link member of a bicycle chain. An outer link member may be formed and attached to the inner link. The inner and/or outer links may be formed with features asymmetric about various orientations of the links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, DIOGO DANIEL SOARES DA SILVA
  • Patent number: 11226023
    Abstract: A chain-closing link for a bicycle chain including two closing parts. Each of the closing parts includes a closing plate having a retaining opening and a displacement region. Each of the closing parts also includes a chain pin. The closing plate includes a recess and/or a hole having a securing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11174915
    Abstract: A bicycle chain includes inner link members and outer link member. An inner link having two connecting openings which are formed at a distance from each other, pass through the inner link in the thickness direction thereof and are each designed for receiving a connecting component in order to connect the inner link to a further inner link in order to form an inner link member of a bicycle chain. An outer link member may be formed and attached to the inner link. The inner and/or outer links may be formed with features asymmetric about various orientations of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Diogo Daniel Soares Da Silva
  • Patent number: 10703441
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a bicycle may include a plurality of sprockets arranged at a rear wheel of the bicycle. The sprockets may be particularly arranged to have a spacing that facilitates the configuration of an increasing number of sprockets in the plurality of sprockets. A singular front sprocket or chain ring may be used to drive the rear plurality of sprockets. The singular front chain ring may include first and second groups of teeth, the first group of teeth being wider than the second group of teeth. The drive arrangement may also include a rear derailleur. A chain having inner link plates with recesses may also be include in the drive arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes, Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20200191241
    Abstract: A bicycle chain is used to transmit the drive force to at least one chain wheel and contains chain rollers and inner and outer plates which are connected to each other by means of pins. As a result of a corresponding shaping of the extremely hard inner plate, the wear on the teeth which cooperate with the inner plate can be reduced on the chain wheels or sprockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, BRUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA SILVA RIBEIRO
  • Publication number: 20200158224
    Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ATUNES
  • Patent number: 10578201
    Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes
  • Patent number: 10533633
    Abstract: A bicycle chain is used to transmit the drive force to at least one chain wheel and contains chain rollers and inner and outer plates which are connected to each other by means of pins. As a result of a corresponding shaping of the extremely hard inner plate, the wear on the teeth which cooperate with the inner plate can be reduced on the chain wheels or sprockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland, GMBH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20190346020
    Abstract: A bicycle chain includes inner link members and outer link member. An inner link having two connecting openings which are formed at a distance from each other, pass through the inner link in the thickness direction thereof and are each designed for receiving a connecting component in order to connect the inner link to a further inner link in order to form an inner link member of a bicycle chain. An outer link member may be formed and attached to the inner link. The inner and/or outer links may be formed with features asymmetric about various orientations of the links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, DIOGO DANIEL SOARES DA SILVA
  • Publication number: 20180194433
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a bicycle may include a plurality of sprockets arranged at a rear wheel of the bicycle. The sprockets may be particularly arranged to have a spacing that facilitates the configuration of an increasing number of sprockets in the plurality of sprockets. A singular front sprocket or chain ring may be used to drive the rear plurality of sprockets. The singular front chain ring may include first and second groups of teeth, the first group of teeth being wider than the second group of teeth. The drive arrangement may also include a rear derailleur. A chain having inner link plates with recesses may also be include in the drive arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ANTUNES, BRUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA SILVA RIBEIRO
  • Publication number: 20170146109
    Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ANTUNES
  • Publication number: 20170067536
    Abstract: A bicycle chain is used to transmit the drive force to at least one chain wheel and contains chain rollers and inner and outer plates which are connected to each other by means of pins. As a result of a corresponding shaping of the extremely hard inner plate, the wear on the teeth which cooperate with the inner plate can be reduced on the chain wheels or sprockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, BRUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA SILVA RIBEIRO