Patents Assigned to Yeti Cycling, LLC
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Patent number: 8696008Abstract: A bicycle may include a rear suspension system to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. The rear suspension system may be adjusted in some versions to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The bicycle may include a frame and a rear suspension system including a swingable member configured for operative association with the frame and including a rear frame including a bottom member and a top member extending upwardly from the bottom member, such that the top member of the rear frame does not move relative to the bottom member of the rear frame when the swingable member moves.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Yeti Cycling, LLCInventor: Steven W. Hoogendoorn
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Publication number: 20130020782Abstract: A bicycle may include a rear suspension system to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. The rear suspension system may be adjusted in some versions to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The bicycle may include a frame and a rear suspension system including a swingable member configured for operative association with the frame and including a rear frame including a bottom member and a top member extending upwardly from the bottom member, such that the top member of the rear frame does not move relative to the bottom member of the rear frame when the swingable member moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: YETI CYCLING, LLCInventor: YETI CYCLING, LLC
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Patent number: 8272658Abstract: A bicycle may include a rear suspension system to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. Upon displacement of the rear wheel, the rear suspension system allows the rear wheel to move from a general first position to a second position, and then acts to return the rear wheel to the general first position. The rear suspension system may be adjusted in some versions to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The bicycle may include a rear frame couple with a front frame through first and second pivot translating assemblies, the orientations and/or shapes of which affect the rear wheel path as well as the leverage ratios.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Yeti Cycling, LLCInventor: Steven W. Hoogendoorn
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Publication number: 20120200146Abstract: In one example, a structure for attaching a wheel to one of a frame of a motorcycle or a bicycle may include an axle having first and second opposing end portions and supporting a wheel, a left axle support collar structure configured to support the first opposing end portion of the axle, and a right axle support collar structure configured to support the second opposing end portion of the axle. A first bearing is positioned in the left axle support collar structure, and a second bearing is positioned in the left axle support collar structure. The axle rotates relative to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: YETI CYCLING, LLCInventor: Steven W. Hoogendoorn
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Publication number: 20120126506Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame having a longitudinal axis, a first member, and a first pivot link assembly including a first link configured to rotate around a first pivot point. The first pivot point may have a first axis of rotation that is non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the first frame, and the first frame may be coupled with the first member through the first pivot link assembly. Some examples also include a second pivot link assembly including a second link configured to rotate around a second pivot point having an axis of rotation that is non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: YETI CYCLING, LLCInventor: Peter Zawistowski
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Patent number: 8162344Abstract: The present disclosure describes an axle and hub structure for attaching a wheel to a bicycle or motorcycle, where the bearings for rotationally supporting the axle and hub are positioned on the frame, and the axle rotates relative to the frame. In one embodiment, a structure for attaching a wheel to one of a motorcycle or bicycle includes an axle having opposing end portions and supporting a wheel, at least one left axle support collar, at least one right axle support collar, a bearing in the left axle support collar and supporting one end portion of the axle, and a bearing in the right axle support collar and supporting an opposing end portion of the axle. The axle rotates relative to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Yeti Cycling, LLCInventor: Steven W. Hoogendoorn
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Publication number: 20100244402Abstract: A bicycle may include a rear suspension system to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. Upon displacement of the rear wheel, the rear suspension system allows the rear wheel to move from a general first position to a second position, and then acts to return the rear wheel to the general first position. The rear suspension system may be adjusted in some versions to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The bicycle may include a rear frame couple with a front frame through first and second pivot translating assemblies, the orientations and/or shapes of which affect the rear wheel path as well as the leverage ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Yeti Cycling,LLCInventor: Steven W. Hoogendoorn
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Patent number: 7722072Abstract: A bicycle may include a rear suspension system to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. Upon displacement of the rear wheel, the rear suspension system allows the rear wheel to move from a general first position to a second position, and then acts to return the rear wheel to the general first position. The rear suspension system may be adjusted in some versions to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The bicycle may include a rear frame coupled with a front frame through first and second pivot translating assemblies, the orientations and/or shapes of which affect the rear wheel path as well as the leverage ratios.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2005Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Yeti Cycling, LLCInventor: Steven W. Hoogendoorn
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Publication number: 20060071442Abstract: The present invention provides a rear suspension system for a bicycle to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. Upon displacement of the rear wheel, the rear suspension system allows the rear wheel to move from a general first position to a second position, and then acts to return the rear wheel to the general first position. Embodiments of the rear suspension system can be adjusted to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The present invention includes a rear frame couple with a front frame through first and second pivot translating assemblies, the orientations and/or shapes of which affect the rear wheel path as well as the leverage ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: Yeti Cycling, LLCInventor: Steven Hoogendoorn