Patents by Inventor Edward C. Kwaterski
Edward C. Kwaterski 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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Patent number: 11639212Abstract: A suspension assembly for a bicycle is disclosed. The suspension assembly may be configured to use a volume of fluid in a fluid circuit for damping and may comprise a damping mechanism; the suspension assembly may comprise a lockout mechanism independent of the damping mechanism configured to prevent damping by the damping mechanism and an actuator for the lockout mechanism. The lockout setting may be independent of the damping setting.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: HAYES BICYCLE GROUP INC.Inventors: Edward C Kwaterski, Thomas D Schmidt
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Patent number: 11273886Abstract: A compression assembly/system for a front suspension fork for a bicycle is disclosed. The compression assembly/system of the front suspension fork may comprise a combination of improved functional assemblies including a hydraulic bottom-out assembly/mechanism and a low-speed compression assembly/mechanism and a high-speed compression assembly/mechanism. The compression assembly/system of the front suspension fork may comprise an externally-adjustable hydraulic bottom-out mechanism; and substantially co-located external adjustment controls for bottom-out mechanism and low-speed compression mechanism and high-speed compression mechanism. The compression assembly/system may also comprise an axially-oriented (compression) mechanism configured to transmit movement/adjustment radially from inner components to outer components of the mechanisms to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: HAYES BICYCLE GROUP INC.Inventors: Nicholas W Pye, Edward C Kwaterski
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Publication number: 20200324852Abstract: A suspension assembly for a bicycle is disclosed. The suspension assembly may be configured to use a volume of fluid in a fluid circuit for damping and may comprise a damping mechanism; the suspension assembly may comprise a lockout mechanism independent of the damping mechanism configured to prevent damping by the damping mechanism and an actuator for the lockout mechanism. The lockout setting may be independent of the damping setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: HAYES BICYCLE GROUP INCInventors: Edward C. KWATERSKI, Thomas D. SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20200180727Abstract: A compression assembly/system for a front suspension fork for a bicycle is disclosed. The compression assembly/system of the front suspension fork may comprise a combination of improved functional assemblies including a hydraulic bottom-out assembly/mechanism and a low-speed compression assembly/mechanism and a high-speed compression assembly/mechanism. The compression assembly/system of the front suspension fork may comprise an externally-adjustable hydraulic bottom-out mechanism; and substantially co-located external adjustment controls for bottom-out mechanism and low-speed compression mechanism and high-speed compression mechanism. The compression assembly/system may also comprise an axially-oriented (compression) mechanism configured to transmit movement/adjustment radially from inner components to outer components of the mechanisms to be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: HAYES BICYCLE GROUP INCInventors: Nicholas W PYE, Edward C KWATERSKI
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Patent number: 9988124Abstract: A suspension assembly is disclosed. The suspension assembly is configured for movement under compression when installed for use in a vehicle providing at least one wheel. The assembly comprises a leg; a compression rod assembly comprising a compression rod movable within the leg; a piston assembly comprising a seal and a piston; and an isolator configured to deform under compression to provide isolation between the compression rod assembly and the piston assembly. The compression rod can translate under compression with deformation of the isolator before movement of the piston. The suspension assembly may be configured to provide a response to a force such as compression. An isolation member between the compression rod assembly and the piston assembly may be configured so that a force imparted on the compression rod assembly compresses the isolation member without translation of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Hayes Bicycle Group Inc.Inventor: Edward C Kwaterski
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Publication number: 20150344101Abstract: A suspension assembly is disclosed. The suspension assembly is configured for movement under compression when installed for use in a vehicle providing at least one wheel. The assembly comprises a leg; a compression rod assembly comprising a compression rod movable within the leg; a piston assembly comprising a seal and a piston; and an isolator configured to deform under compression to provide isolation between the compression rod assembly and the piston assembly. The compression rod can translate under compression with deformation of the isolator before movement of the piston. The suspension assembly may be configured to provide a response to a force such as compression. An isolation member between the compression rod assembly and the piston assembly may be configured so that a force imparted on the compression rod assembly compresses the isolation member without translation of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Hayes Bicycle Group, Inc.Inventor: Edward C Kwaterski
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Patent number: 9132881Abstract: A bicycle fork leg including a pressurized gas chamber functioning as a shock absorber and a piston adjacent to the bicycle fork leg. A movable compression rod which moves toward the piston when a force is imparted to the bicycle leg. A rubber or compliant member within the piston. The movable compression rod coming in contact with the compliant member to reduce low amplitude high frequency shocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Hayes Bicycle Group, Inc.Inventor: Edward C. Kwaterski
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Publication number: 20130313803Abstract: A bicycle fork leg including a pressurized gas chamber functioning as a shock absorber and a piston adjacent to the bicycle fork leg. A movable compression rod which moves toward the piston when a force is imparted to the bicycle leg. A rubber or compliant member within the piston. The movable compression rod coming in contact with the compliant member to reduce low amplitude high frequency shocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Hayes Bicycle Group, Inc.Inventor: Edward C. Kwaterski
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Patent number: 8113594Abstract: The invention relates to a quick release assembly for a bicycle, wherein the assembly comprises an axle having a first non-cylindrical end portion, a cylindrical central portion, and a second non-cylindrical end portion, wherein a diameter of one of the non-cylindrical end portions is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical central portion. The quick release assembly further comprises an insert having a non-cylindrical outer profile configured to be retained in a non-cylindrical opening and having a cam surface disposed therein, wherein the insert is sized to retain one of the non-cylindrical end portions of the axle therein. The assembly also includes a shaft sized to pass through the axle and having a cam follower on a first end and a handle on a second end, wherein the cam follower is configured to form a locking engagement with the cam surface upon an axial rotation of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Hayes Bicycle Group Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Jones, Edward C. Kwaterski, Joshua T. Pallesen, Jonathon M. Haggerty, Nicholas W. Pye
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Publication number: 20110049968Abstract: The invention relates to a quick release assembly for a bicycle, wherein the assembly comprises an axle having a first non-cylindrical end portion, a cylindrical central portion, and a second non-cylindrical end portion, wherein a diameter of one of the non-cylindrical end portions is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical central portion. The quick release assembly further comprises an insert having a non-cylindrical outer profile configured to be retained in a non-cylindrical opening and having a cam surface disposed therein, wherein the insert is sized to retain one of the non-cylindrical end portions of the axle therein. The assembly also includes a shaft sized to pass through the axle and having a cam follower on a first end and a handle on a second end, wherein the cam follower is configured to form a locking engagement with the cam surface upon an axial rotation of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Christopher S. Jones, Edward C. Kwaterski, Joshua T. Pallesen, Jonathon M. Haggerty, Nicholas W. Pye
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Patent number: RE45684Abstract: The invention relates to a quick release assembly for a bicycle, wherein the assembly comprises an axle having a first non-cylindrical end portion, a cylindrical central portion, and a second non-cylindrical end portion, wherein a diameter of one of the non-cylindrical end portions is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical central portion. The quick release assembly further comprises an insert having a non-cylindrical outer profile configured to be retained in a non-cylindrical opening and having a cam surface disposed therein, wherein the insert is sized to retain one of the non-cylindrical end portions of the axle therein. The assembly also includes a shaft sized to pass through the axle and having a cam follower on a first end and a handle on a second end, wherein the cam follower is configured to form a locking engagement with the cam surface upon an axial rotation of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Hayes Bicycle Group, Inc.Inventors: Christopher S Jones, Edward C Kwaterski, Joshua T. Pallesen, Nicholas W Pye, Jonathon M Haggerty