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).
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Patent number: 11884363Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes
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Patent number: 11867256Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Diogo Daniel Soares Da Silva
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Patent number: 11384815Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro
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Patent number: 11353102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventors: Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes
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Publication number: 20220090671Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ANTUNES
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Publication number: 20220056984Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, DIOGO DANIEL SOARES DA SILVA
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Patent number: 11226023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos
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Patent number: 11174915Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Diogo Daniel Soares Da Silva
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Patent number: 10703441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20200191241Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, BRUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA SILVA RIBEIRO
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Publication number: 20200158224Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ATUNES
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Patent number: 10578201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Markus Reiter, Joachim Hanke, Bryn Johnson, Andreas Vonend, Martin Kehrer, Henrik Braedt, Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Luis Figueiredo, Rodrigo Antunes
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Patent number: 10533633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SRAM Deutschland, GMBHInventors: Pedro Miguel Nunes Dos Santos, Bruno Miguel Ferreira Da Silva Ribeiro
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Publication number: 20190346020Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, DIOGO DANIEL SOARES DA SILVA
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Publication number: 20180194433Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20170146109Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventors: MARKUS REITER, JOACHIM HANKE, BRYN JOHNSON, ANDREAS VONEND, MARTIN KEHRER, HENRIK BRAEDT, PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, LUIS FIGUEIREDO, RODRIGO ANTUNES
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Publication number: 20170067536Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: SRAM, LLCInventors: PEDRO MIGUEL NUNES DOS SANTOS, BRUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA SILVA RIBEIRO