Patents Assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12258095
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a cycle includes a plurality of links pivotably connected to one another by a plurality of pivots. A rotation sensor measures an angular relationship between two links and a setpoint of the suspension assembly is adjusted based on the angular measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: David Weagle
  • Patent number: 12172475
    Abstract: A bicycle wheel comprises a rim and a valve assembly. The rim includes a radially inner wall having an inner opening and a radially outer wall having an outer opening. A first portion of the rim includes a first securing feature (e.g., inner threads). The valve assembly is positioned in the inner opening and outer opening and includes a second securing feature (e.g., outer threads) engaging the first securing feature. The rim can include a plate that defines the first engaging feature. The valve assembly preferably includes a valve stem and a resilient bumper coupled to the valve stem and aligned with a second portion of the rim. The valve assembly can further include a seal member compressed between the valve stem and the rim. Preferably, the seal member is positioned in an annular groove in an underside of an enlarged head of the valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Raymond Teixeira, IV
  • Patent number: 12127624
    Abstract: A bicycle helmet adapted to be used with eyewear includes an impact-absorbing body, a resilient wiper, and an alignment feature. The impact-absorbing body has a convex exterior surface and a concave interior surface adapted to be positioned on a user's head. The impact-absorbing body further includes an aperture formed in the exterior surface and dimensioned to permit insertion of a portion of the eyewear into the aperture along an insertion axis. The resilient wiper is positioned at least partially in the aperture and arranged to engage the portion of the eyewear upon insertion into the aperture. The alignment feature defines at least a portion of the aperture and is oriented to guide the portion of the eyewear toward the resilient wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Albert Bischofberger, Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias, Alexander Hart Jerome, David Tyler Debus, Christopher Thomas Pietrzak
  • Patent number: 12121108
    Abstract: A shoe includes an outsole, a first upper portion, a second upper portion, a rotary dial mounted to the first upper portion, and first and second lace portions coupled between the rotary dial and the second upper portion. The first lace portion aligns with a heel region of the shoe, the second lace portion aligns with a pedal region of the outsole, and a closure center line aligns with a medial arch region of the outsole. The second upper portion includes first and second lace guides. The first upper portion includes a third lace guide between the first and second lace portions. The first and second lace portions define a unitary lace extending from the rotary dial, through the first, second, and third lace guides, and back to the rotary dial. No portion of the lace member crosses over another portion of the lace member outside of the rotary dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Laurence Cook, Ashley Gill Sult
  • Patent number: 12122477
    Abstract: A bicycle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel and a frameset supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel. The frameset includes a main frame and a front fork rotationally coupled to the main frame. The main frame includes a top tube, a head tube rotationally supporting the front fork, a down tube coupling the head tube to a bottom bracket, a seat tube extending downward from the top tube and including a lower end spaced from the bottom bracket, a seatstay extending rearward from the lower end of the seat tube, and a strut member extending forward from the lower end of the seat tube and connecting the seat tube to the down tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Graham Russell, Eric Robert Fischer, Chad Nathaniel Price, Philip Alan Primeaux
  • Patent number: 12084264
    Abstract: A packaging system for a bicycle, the packaging system including a base tray having a first tab, a second tab located opposite the first tab, a first side extending between the first tab and the second tab, and a second side extending between the first tab and the second tab and located opposite the first side. The packaging system further includes a first vertical tower having a first aperture configured to receive the first tab of the base tray to interlock the first vertical tower to the base tray at the first end, a second vertical tower having a second aperture configured to receive the second tab of the base tray to interlock the second vertical tower to the base tray at the second end, and an outer carton configured to surround and interlock with the base tray, the first vertical tower, and the second vertical tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas S. Cooper
  • Patent number: 12084140
    Abstract: A bicycle saddle includes: a base structure having a top portion; and a cushion coupled to the top portion of the base structure, the cushion including a first lateral side and a second lateral side separated by a longitudinal plane, wherein each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side includes: a first region having a first stiffness; a second region having a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness; and a third region having a third stiffness that is less than the second stiffness, wherein a perimeter of the second region is at least 75% enclosed within the first region, and wherein a perimeter of the third region is at least 75% enclosed within the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Alan Primeaux, Garrett Yale Davis Getter, Christopher Yu
  • Patent number: 12065213
    Abstract: An adjustable head angle bicycle assembly includes a steerer tube; a head tube that includes a first annular surface protruding radially inward from an inner wall at the upper end, and a second annular surface protruding radially inward from the inner wall at the lower end; an upper cup that includes a third annular surface engaged with the first annular surface of the head tube; and a lower cup that includes a fourth annular surface engaged with the second annular surface of the head tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Daniel Robinson, Jeffrey Keith Bowers, William Te-Chung Chan
  • Patent number: 12043344
    Abstract: An ebike comprises a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame structure supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel, a crank assembly, and a battery assembly. The frame structure can include a front fork supported on the front wheel, a head tube coupled to the front fork, and a down tube extending downward and rearward from the head tube, the down tube defining a down tube axis and being open at its lower end. The crank assembly can be supported by the frame structure and can be rotatable about a crank axis that is spaced rearward from the down tube axis. The battery assembly can be at least partially secured in the down tube in an installed position and can be slidable into the down tube from the lower end of the down tube along the down tube axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Talavasek, Vincent Patureau, Marc Pallure, Marco Werner Sonderegger
  • Patent number: 11945539
    Abstract: A trailing link multi-bar suspension assembly for a cycle having improved stability includes a first arm having a first side and a second side, a first arm fixed pivot and a first arm shock pivot, the first side and second side defining a wheel opening. A shock link has a shock link fixed pivot and a shock link floating pivot. A shock absorber has an inline configuration, a gas spring, a first shock mount, and a second shock mount, and the shock absorber is substantially located on the first side or second side of the wheel opening. A spring unit, has a gas spring comprising a spring body, a first spring mount and a second spring mount, and the spring unit is substantially located on the first side or second side of the wheel opening A wheel carrier has a wheel carrier first pivot and a wheel carrier second pivot spaced apart from one another, and a wheel mount that is adapted to be connected to a wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventor: David Weagle
  • Patent number: D1009715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Graham Russell, Eric Robert Fischer, Chad Nathaniel Price, Philip Alan Primeaux
  • Patent number: D1021272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Albert Bischofberger, Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias, Alexander Hart Jerome, David Tyler Debus, Christopher Thomas Pietrzak
  • Patent number: D1021273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Albert Bischofberger, Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias, Alexander Hart Jerome, David Tyler Debus, Christopher Thomas Pietrzak
  • Patent number: D1030260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Laurence Cook, Nicholas Reid Gosseen, Ashley Gill Sult, Stephen Randall Quay
  • Patent number: D1050611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias, Allen Albert Bischofberger, Alexander Hart Jerome, Katherine Lynn Martonchik, David Tyler Debus, Franklyn Yuri Souza Shimizu, Christopher Thomas Pietrzak
  • Patent number: D1050685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Laurence Cook, Nicholas Reid Gosseen, Ashley Gill Sult, Stephen Randall Quay
  • Patent number: D1052853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Laurence Cook, Nicholas Reid Gosseen, Ashley Gill Sult, Stephen Randall Quay
  • Patent number: D1053759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul D'Aluisio, Jean-Luc Callahan
  • Patent number: D1057294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Albert Bischofberger, Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias, Alexander Hart Jerome, David Tyler Debus, Christopher Thomas Pietrzak
  • Patent number: D1064932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Sébastien Robert Jacques Joseph Servet, Tero Jakku, Peter Joachim Axel Denk