Patents by Inventor Andreas Vonend
Andreas Vonend 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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Publication number: 20240208608Abstract: A multiple sprocket assembly for assembly in a torque-transmitting manner in terms of a bicycle rear axle on a bicycle rear wheel driver device, and a modular system for generating multiple sprocket assemblies. The multiple sprocket assembly comprises an inboard terminating sprocket arrangement, a first sprocket cluster which is connectable to the inboard terminating sprocket arrangement, and an outboard terminating sprocket arrangement. The first sprocket cluster is configured to be rotatable on an outboard side in relation to the driver device by a rotational bearing device of the multiple sprocket assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: ALEXANDER PRINZ, JAKOB ROHMER, SEBASTIAN HEIGL, SVEN BUECHNER, ANDREAS VONEND
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Publication number: 20240067300Abstract: A bicycle sprocket for a sprocket cassette comprises a sprocket main body which extends about a virtual sprocket axis about which the sprocket is rotatable during intended operation on a bicycle. In the case of a single release tooth being formed, a release-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of an upshift recess formation. The release-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to an axial reference position than an inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth. Additionally, or alternatively, in the case of a single catch tooth being formed, a receiving-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of a downshift recess formation. The receiving-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to the axial reference position than the inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: SVEN BUECHNER, ALEX BUETTNER, SEBASTIAN HEYNA, PIERRE KOMMER, ARNDT PULS, JAKOB ROHMER, ANDREAS VONEND
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Patent number: 11912373Abstract: A bicycle rear wheel sprocket arrangement comprises a carrier sprocket and a self-supporting sprocket cluster connected to the carrier sprocket on the outboard side in a connection region of the carrier sprocket. The sprocket arrangement comprises a plurality of further sprockets which are designed as sprocket rings. The sprocket rings are each arranged on the carrier sprocket in the connection region and each are connected to the carrier sprocket.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: Andreas Vonend, Jakob Rohmer
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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: 11845514Abstract: A bicycle sprocket for a sprocket cassette comprises a sprocket main body which extends about a virtual sprocket axis about which the sprocket is rotatable during intended operation on a bicycle. In the case of a single release tooth being formed, a release-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of an upshift recess formation. The release-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to an axial reference position than an inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth. Additionally, or alternatively, in the case of a single catch tooth being formed, a receiving-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of a downshift recess formation. The receiving-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to the axial reference position than the inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: Sven Buechner, Alex Buettner, Sebastian Heyna, Pierre Kommer, Arndt Puls, Jakob Rohmer, Andreas Vonend
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Patent number: 11465711Abstract: The disclosure relates to a torque transmission assembly for a bicycle. The torque transmission assembly includes an adapter device and a driving body that is rigidly connectable to the adapter device in a torque transmitting manner. The adapter device has three support arms that extend with a radial direction component, and the driving body has a corresponding number of support cutouts. The support arms are received in the support cutouts forming a press fit. The torque transmission assembly is characterized in that the press fit of the support arms and support cutouts has two fitting planes, which are parallel to one another and to an imaginary plane containing the axis of rotation of the assembly. There is a clearance between the support arm and support cutout along the radial direction component.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventor: Andreas Vonend
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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: 20220169337Abstract: A bicycle sprocket for a sprocket cassette comprises a sprocket main body which extends about a virtual sprocket axis about which the sprocket is rotatable during intended operation on a bicycle. In the case of a single release tooth being formed, a release-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of an upshift recess formation. The release-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to an axial reference position than an inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth. Additionally, or alternatively, in the case of a single catch tooth being formed, a receiving-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of a downshift recess formation. The receiving-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to the axial reference position than the inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: SVEN BUECHNER, ALEX BUETTNER, SEBASTIAN HEYNA, PIERRE KOMMER, ARNDT PULS, JAKOB ROHMER, ANDREAS VONEND
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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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Patent number: 11186343Abstract: A bicycle drive includes a multi-sprocket arrangement for rotatable mounting on a rear-wheel axle an engagement with a bicycle chain having inner link plate pairs and chain outer link plate pairs. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes a sprocket having, between an axial inner side and an oppositely situated axial outer side, a flat sprocket body and a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the sprocket. The plurality of teeth include at least one tooth of a first tooth group, the axial width of which is dimensioned to be greater than a chain inner link plate spacing and smaller than a chain outer link plate spacing, and a second tooth group, the axial width of which are dimensioned to be smaller than the chain inner link plate spacing.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventor: Andreas Vonend
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Publication number: 20210261218Abstract: A bicycle rear wheel sprocket arrangement comprises a carrier sprocket and a self-supporting sprocket cluster connected to the carrier sprocket on the outboard side in a connection region of the carrier sprocket. The sprocket arrangement comprises a plurality of further sprockets which are designed as sprocket rings. The sprocket rings are each arranged on the carrier sprocket in the connection region and each are connected to the carrier sprocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: ANDREAS VONEND, JAKOB ROHMER
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Publication number: 20200324859Abstract: The disclosure relates to a torque transmission assembly for a bicycle. The torque transmission assembly includes an adapter device and a driving body that is rigidly connectable to the adapter device in a torque transmitting manner. The adapter device has three support arms that extend with a radial direction component, and the driving body has a corresponding number of support cutouts. The support arms are received in the support cutouts forming a press fit. The torque transmission assembly is characterized in that the press fit of the support arms and support cutouts has two fitting planes, which are parallel to one another and to an imaginary plane containing the axis of rotation of the assembly. There is a clearance between the support arm and support cutout along the radial direction component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventor: ANDREAS VONEND
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Patent number: 10710676Abstract: A sprocket wheel for a bicycle includes a first main surface, which is flat in one or more sections, and a second main surface, which is situated opposite the first main surface. The second main surface is flat in one or more sections and extends parallel to the first main surface in one or more sections. The sprocket wheel also has an outer circumferential surface, which connects the first and the second main surface to one another and on which toothing is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Philipp Hölle, Sebastian Reineke, Andreas Vonend
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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: 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: 10513308Abstract: A hydraulic brake control apparatus for attaching to an open ended handlebar of a vehicle, the handlebar having a longitudinal axis. The hydraulic brake control apparatus includes a brake housing that is attachable to the handlebar, the brake housing including a first section residing outside the handlebar, and a second section sized and shaped to be received inside the handlebar.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Brian T. Jordan, Andreas Vonend, Andreas Guender
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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: 20180178882Abstract: A bicycle drive includes a multi-sprocket arrangement for rotatable mounting on a rear-wheel axle an engagement with a bicycle chain having inner link plate pairs and chain outer link plate pairs. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes a sprocket having, between an axial inner side and an oppositely situated axial outer side, a flat sprocket body and a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the sprocket. The plurality of teeth include at least one tooth of a first tooth group, the axial width of which is dimensioned to be greater than a chain inner link plate spacing and smaller than a chain outer link plate spacing, and a second tooth group, the axial width of which are dimensioned to be smaller than the chain inner link plate spacing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbHInventor: ANDREAS VONEND
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Publication number: 20170197684Abstract: A hydraulic brake control apparatus for attaching to an open ended handlebar of a vehicle, the handlebar having a longitudinal axis. The hydraulic brake control apparatus includes a brake housing that is attachable to the handlebar, the brake housing including a first section residing outside the handlebar, and a second section sized and shaped to be received inside the handlebar.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: SRAM, LLCInventors: BRIAN T. JORDAN, ANDREAS VONEND, ANDREAS GUENDER