Patents by Inventor Bernhard Johanni

Bernhard Johanni 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: 6484603
    Abstract: A selector for a bicycle gear mechanism. The selector has a housing fastened to a portion of a bicycle frame, a cable inlet, and a rotatable drum having a control cable wound onto for effecting cable travel. The selector also includes a rotary bushing for operating the selector and a mechanism for superimposing a correction or overshift travel on the cable travel. The mechanism includes a pivoting lever for guiding the control cable and a correction cam having a profile configured to provide the requisite correction travel for each gear stage as the rotatable drum is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Wessel, Markus Arbeiter, Bernhard Johanni
  • Publication number: 20010009116
    Abstract: A selector for a bicycle gear mechanism. The selector has a housing fastened to a portion of a bicycle frame, a cable inlet, and a rotatable drum having a control cable wound onto for effecting cable travel. The selector also includes a rotary bushing for operating the selector and a mechanism for superimposing a correction or overshift travel on the cable travel. The mechanism includes a pivoting lever for guiding the control cable and a correction cam having a profile configured to provide the requisite correction travel for each gear stage as the rotatable drum is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Wessel, Markus Arbeiter, Bernhard Johanni
  • Patent number: 6216553
    Abstract: A selector for a bicycle gear mechanism. The selector has a housing fastened to a portion of a bicycle frame, a cable inlet, and a rotatable drum having a control cable wound onto for effecting cable travel. The selector also includes a rotary bushing for operating the selector and a mechanism for superimposing a correction or overshift travel on the cable travel. The mechanism includes a pivoting lever for guiding the control cable and a correction cam having a profile configured to provide the requisite correction travel for each gear stage as the rotatable drum is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Wessel, Markus Arbeiter, Bernhard Johanni
  • Patent number: 6042133
    Abstract: An index shifter for a bicycle transmission, which index shifter is mounted on a part of a bicycle and has a casing, a locking element with notches which is connected to a rotary hand grip, and a winding drum for actuating a cable pull. The casing has a ring-shaped recess disposed therein, in which recess a detent spring is arranged. The detent spring is braced by two feet against the casing and has a lug which engages with the locking ring. Inside the casing is a casing projection with which one foot of the detent spring can be fixed to achieve a small amount of shift play. This permits small amounts of shift play, in particular for shifting hub gears on bicycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Berndt Leiter, Bernhard Johanni, Max Rumpel, Klaus Konig, Klaus Stuhler, Markus Arbeiter
  • Patent number: 5904069
    Abstract: A gear-change switch, particularly a stepping switch for controlling gears on bicycles or similar vehicles, has a fixed housing and an actuating element rotatably mounted for rotation in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions to tension or release a traction cable for controlling the bicycle gears. The actuation element comprises a thumb-operated gear-change switch or a twist-grip gear-change switch. The advantage of the switching device lies in the considerable simplification of the design and in the production of the components in plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Johannes Rau, Bernhard Johanni, Markus Arbeiter