Patents by Inventor Christian MARANGON

Christian MARANGON 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: 11958564
    Abstract: An integrated control device is provided, having a support body configured for attachment to curved bicycle handlebars. The support body has a brake lever for controlling the brake, and a pair of control levers. The pair of control levers are configured for manual operation. Each control lever has a respective control region and the control regions of the pair of control levers are arranged behind the brake lever and above each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gaetano Dalla Guarda, Christian Marangon
  • Patent number: 11724772
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothed wheel assembly for a cassette having a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel that are concentric. The second tooth wheel has a greater number of teeth than the first toothed wheel; a radially inner cylindrical portion to engage a sprocket support body; a plurality of spokes comprising respective first constraining portions to the first toothed wheel and second constraining portions to the radially inner cylindrical portion; and a plurality of connection bodies that connect the first. The second toothed wheel has an axially-extending portion with at least one pair of spokes having connection bodies that include axially-extending portions in the circumferential direction and at least partially contained in the minimum circumferential extension a respective spoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventors: Christian Marangon, Marco Porro, Marco Marchi
  • Publication number: 20230094467
    Abstract: A bicycle rear derailleur includes a limiter assembly arranged between (i) a first component selected between the support body and the chain guide and (ii) a first connecting arm, to define an extreme value of the internal angle of the articulated parallelogram at the vertex corresponding to the articulation axis shared by them. The limiter assembly has a first member on the first component and a second member on the first connecting arm, which is configured to abut the first member when the first component and the first connecting arm are rotated in the angular direction of approach of the first member to the second member. The second member extends along at least an intermediate section in the transverse direction of the first connecting arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Christian MARANGON, Luca DE POLI
  • Publication number: 20230030090
    Abstract: An integrated control device is provided, having a support body configured for attachment to curved bicycle handlebars. The support body has a brake lever for controlling the brake, and a pair of control levers. The pair of control levers are configured for manual operation. Each control lever has a respective control region and the control regions of the pair of control levers are arranged behind the brake lever and above each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gaetano DALLA GUARDA, Christian MARANGON
  • Publication number: 20220135180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothed wheel assembly for a cassette having a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel that are concentric. The second tooth wheel has a greater number of teeth than the first toothed wheel; a radially inner cylindrical portion to engage a sprocket support body; a plurality of spokes comprising respective first constraining portions to the first toothed wheel and second constraining portions to the radially inner cylindrical portion; and a plurality of connection bodies that connect the first. The second toothed wheel has an axially-extending portion with at least one pair of spokes having connection bodies that include axially-extending portions in the circumferential direction and at least partially contained in the minimum circumferential extension a respective spoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventors: Christian Marangon, Marco Porro, Marco Marchi
  • Patent number: 11034402
    Abstract: A wearable control unit for controlling a piece of equipment of a bicycle has a power source and a sensor powered by the power source. The sensor detects targets that are physically distinct and separate from the control unit and not electrically connected to the control unit by a wire. The control unit generates and emits an electrical command in response to a change of state of the sensor brought about by entry of the target into the sensor's detection range, and/or in response to the target exiting from the detection range of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Christian Marangon, Fabiano Fossato
  • Patent number: 10946934
    Abstract: A bicycle control cable actuation device having: a casing, configured for fixing to bicycle handlebars, a cable-winding bush, on which the control cable is wound and which is angularly mobile in the casing about a main axis of the device, an indexing bush that is coaxial to and associated with the cable-winding bush to removably hold the cable-winding bush in predetermined positions that are angularly spaced from each other by predetermined indexing angles, a manoeuvring mechanism, operative on the cable-winding bush to rotate it in a first angular direction about the main axis of the device, to obtain an upward gearshifting; and, a predetermined circumferential clearance corresponding to a predetermined gearshifting extra-stroke angle is provided between the cable-winding bush and the indexing bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Minto, Christian Marangon
  • Patent number: 10859102
    Abstract: A clamp configured for connecting a bicycle component to a tubular element of the bicycle. The body of the bicycle component has a through opening extending between surfaces of the body and a seat on one surface that connects with the through opening. The clamp has an annular band that is connected to a slider in the through opening. An actuation lever connected to the slider moves the slider between a release position and a clamping position. When the slider is in the claiming position, the actuation lever is position in the seat on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Minto, Christian Marangon
  • Patent number: 10676155
    Abstract: A device for actuating a bicycle front derailleur and displacing a transmission chain between toothed wheels of different diameters. An indexer associated with the derailleur comprises a first stop position and a second stop position. The first stop corresponds to engagement of the transmission chain on a first toothed wheel and the second stop position corresponds to engagement of the transmission chain on a different toothed wheel. A control lever operatively active on the indexer switches between the stop positions with a single actuation of the control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Minto, Christian Marangon
  • Patent number: 10532790
    Abstract: A bicycle control device has a body for mounting on a bicycle handlebar and a brake lever that rotates about a predetermined axis. The body has abutment portions defining a first brake lever release position and at least one second brake lever release position. The control device includes an adjuster for selecting a release position. The adjuster has a pin that is mounted on the brake lever and slides substantially parallel to the predetermined axis between abutment portions and a coupler that couples with the pin; the coupler being fixed with the brake lever and configured to selectively stop the pin in a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Christian Marangon
  • Publication number: 20190367131
    Abstract: A wearable control unit for controlling a piece of equipment of a bicycle has a power source and a sensor powered by the power source. The sensor detects targets that are physically distinct and separate from the control unit and not electrically connected to the control unit by a wire. The control unit generates and emits an electrical command in response to a change of state of the sensor brought about by entry of the target into the sensor's detection range, and/or in response to the target exiting from the detection range of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Christian MARANGON, Fabiano FOSSATO
  • Patent number: 10450032
    Abstract: A bicycle gearshift cable control device that is rotatable about a control pin, in opposite angular directions, and has an indexer mounted coaxially to the control pin that defines a plurality of spaced apart, stable angular positions for the cable-winding bush. Elastic members that store elastic energy during a rotation of the control pin in one angular direction and release the stored elastic energy stored at the end of the rotation of the control pin are configured to cause a stroke recovery rotation of the control pin in the opposite angular direction during the release of the stored elastic energy. The stroke recovery rotation is smaller than the indexing angle that separates two adjacent stable positions of the cable-winding bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventors: Christian Marangon, Marco Minto
  • Patent number: 10442499
    Abstract: An actuation device of a control cable of a bicycle gearshift including a cable-winding bush rotatable about a rotation axis in a first angular direction between a first and a last angular position and in a second angular direction between the last and the first angular position, a rotary member mounted in a rotary manner about the rotation axis and a stationary member mounted in a non-rotary manner, wherein one of the two members is provided with at least one first pointer engaged on a fastening track formed on the other member, the fastening track extending along a closed loop path and having at least one first plurality of stop positions engageable in sequence by the pointer. A first stop position that determines the first angular position of the cable-winding bush is angularly spaced from the next stop position by an indexing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventor: Christian Marangon
  • Patent number: 10300988
    Abstract: A bicycle gear shifter that has a control pin and a cable-winding bush mounted coaxially and rotatable in opposite angular directions. A ball-carrying bush is mounted coaxially for rotation as a unit with the cable-winding bush and is equipped with at least one slider. An indexing bush is rotatable with respect to the control pin is provided with a plurality of stop positions engageable during a relative rotation between the ball-carrying bush and the indexing bush, each stop position defining a stable angular position for the cable-winding bush. A pointer is switchable between an active position in which it interacts with the indexing bush to limit the angular play thereof with respect to the casing and a passive position in which it does not interact with the indexing bush and does not limit the angular position between the indexing bush and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Christian Marangon
  • Publication number: 20190040885
    Abstract: A clamp configured for connecting a bicycle component to a tubular element of the bicycle. The body of the bicycle component has a through opening extending between surfaces of the body and a seat on one surface that connects with the through opening. The clamp has an annular band that is connected to a slider in the through opening. An actuation lever connected to the slider moves the slider between a release position and a clamping position. When the slider is in the claiming position, the actuation lever is position in the seat on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco MINTO, Christian MARANGON
  • Publication number: 20190040994
    Abstract: A bicycle component including a main body and an associated clamping device for fixing the component to a tubular bicycle element is disclosed. The clamping device has a plurality of hinged clamping segments configured to be arranged around the tubular element and quickly secured by a removable fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco MINTO, Christian MARANGON
  • Publication number: 20190031289
    Abstract: A device for actuating a bicycle front derailleur and displacing a transmission chain between toothed wheels of different diameters. An indexer associated with the derailleur comprises a first stop position and a second stop position. The first stop corresponds to engagement of the transmission chain on a first toothed wheel and the second stop position corresponds to engagement of the transmission chain on a different toothed wheel. A control lever operatively active on the indexer switches between the stop positions with a single actuation of the control lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco MINTO, Christian MARANGON
  • Patent number: 10160515
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuation device for actuating the front derailleur of a bicycle, comprising a control pin, configured to be set in rotation by a control lever, rotatable about a rotation axis in a first angular direction between the first and last angular positions and in a second angular direction between the last and the first angular positions. A cable-winding bush rotates between the first and last winding positions. An indexer has a plurality of stop areas corresponding to angular positions between the first and the last angular positions. Elastic members makes the control pin form a unit with the cable-winding bush during rotations of the cable-winding bush between and among the various winding positions and to make the control pin rotatable with respect to the cable-winding bush between the last winding position of the cable-winding bush and the last angular position of the control pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco Minto, Christian Marangon
  • Publication number: 20180229805
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuation device for actuating the front derailleur of a bicycle, comprising a control pin, configured to be set in rotation by a control lever, rotatable about a rotation axis in a first angular direction between the first and last angular positions and in a second angular direction between the last and the first angular positions. A cable-winding bush rotates between the first and last winding positions. An indexer has a plurality of stop areas corresponding to angular positions between the first and the last angular positions. Elastic members makes the control pin form a unit with the cable-winding bush during rotations of the cable-winding bush between and among the various winding positions and to make the control pin rotatable with respect to the cable-winding bush between the last winding position of the cable-winding bush and the last angular position of the control pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco MINTO, Christian MARANGON
  • Publication number: 20180229806
    Abstract: A bicycle gear shifter that has a control pin and a cable-winding bush mounted coaxially and rotatable in opposite angular directions. A ball-carrying bush is mounted coaxially for rotation as a unit with the cable-winding bush and is equipped with at least one slider. An indexing bush is rotatable with respect to the control pin is provided with a plurality of stop positions engageable during a relative rotation between the ball-carrying bush and the indexing bush, each stop position defining a stable angular position for the cable-winding bush. A pointer is switchable between an active position in which it interacts with the indexing bush to limit the angular play thereof with respect to the casing and a passive position in which it does not interact with the indexing bush and does not limit the angular position between the indexing bush and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Christian MARANGON