Patents by Inventor Frank Hermansen

Frank Hermansen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240076007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable height or dropper seatpost for a bicycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen, Jeremiah Starkey
  • Publication number: 20230371641
    Abstract: A helmet includes a shell having a front portion, a crown portion, and a rear portion. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a first attachment body and a second attachment body defining a strap length therebetween, with the chin strap being configured to allow for selective adjustment of the strap length. The first attachment body and the second attachment body are each pivotally connected to the shell such that the chin strap is selectively pivotable relative to the shell between a stored position and a deployed position. The chin strap moves toward the front portion of the shell as the chin strap pivots from the deployed position toward the stored position. At least a portion of the chin strap is semi-rigid so as to be disposable in tension and compression without changing shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 11638460
    Abstract: A mountain bike shoe sole, including an outsole having a lower surface and a tread, and at least a recessed area including an inner surface and at least one ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Publication number: 20220039510
    Abstract: A mountain bike shoe sole, including an outsole having a lower surface and a tread, and at least a recessed area including an inner surface and at least one ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Cari Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 11130216
    Abstract: A selectively adjustable torque indicating tool is provided for rotating a mechanical fastener to a predetermined torque setting. The tool includes a pair of supports and a tool bit positioned between the pair of supports and engageable with a mechanical fastener such that when the tool bit, a rotational force is imparted on the mechanical fastener. A spring is coupled to the pair of supports, and operatively coupled to the tool bit. The spring includes a first end portion movable relative to the pair of supports between a neutral position and a torqued position in response to the rotational force being imparted on the mechanical fastener by the tool bit. An adjuster is coupled to the spring to adjust a stiffness of the spring such that movement of the first end portion of the spring from the neutral position to the torqued position corresponds to a predefined rotational force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 11089831
    Abstract: A helmet includes a shell having a front portion, a crown portion, and a rear portion. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a first attachment body and a second attachment body defining a strap length therebetween, with the chin strap being configured to allow for selective adjustment of the strap length. The first attachment body and the second attachment body are each pivotally connected to the shell such that the chin strap is selectively pivotable relative to the shell between a stored position and a deployed position. The chin strap moves toward the front portion of the shell as the chin strap pivots from the deployed position toward the stored position. At least a portion of the chin strap is semi-rigid so as to be disposable in tension and compression without changing shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DoubleThree, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Publication number: 20210187713
    Abstract: A tool storage assembly, including a container assembly, and at least a multi-tool assembly, removably connected to said container assembly, wherein said container assembly and said multi-tool assembly comprise respective sliding connection portions that engage each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10981268
    Abstract: A multiple tool with an integrated case is described. The multiple tool includes a tool assembly that includes a first pivot on which are articulated a plurality of implements, each implement rotatable from an inactive position of minimum encumbrance to at least a working position, and a carry case for housing the tool assembly. The carry case includes at least a grip portion for manually holding the tool assembly with at least one of the implements in a working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 10836022
    Abstract: A multiple tool, including at least one tool body provided with a central portion and radial portions departing from said central portion, each of said radial portions carrying a respective tool. The multiple tool further includes at least a frame provided with at least an opening for removably housing said at least one tool body, and with peripheral seats for removably housing respective implements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SELLE ROYAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10697446
    Abstract: A floor pump comprises a support base, an outer rigid tube rising from the support base and delimiting a first air chamber, an inner rigid tube or shaft having a piston at one end and a handle at the other end, which piston is slidingly mounted within the first air chamber so as to compress air therewithin. The floor pump may further include a flexible hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10611428
    Abstract: A system for easily adjusting spring rate of a rear shock for mountain bikes or motorcycles without changing an actual overall spring length. The system may include a coil spring a body sized and structured to engage with the coil spring. The spring rate may be adjusted by selectively placing the body between adjacent coils of the spring to deactivate up to one spring coil adjacent the end of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10604207
    Abstract: A system for easily adjusting spring rate of a rear shock for mountain bikes or motorcycles without changing an actual overall spring length. The system may include a coil spring a body sized and structured to engage with the coil spring. The spring rate may be adjusted by selectively placing the body between adjacent coils of the spring to deactivate up to one spring coil adjacent the end of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10595586
    Abstract: A mountain bike shoe sole, including an outsole having a lower surface and a tread, and at least a recess, provided in the lower surface, for housing a cleat assembly. The shoe sole further includes at least a removable shim, housed in said recess, suitable to be interposed between the lower surface of the outsole and the cleat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10583892
    Abstract: A clipless bicycle pedal including an axle, connectable to a bicycle crank arm, and a locking mechanism, connected to the axle, suitable to engage/disengage a cleat assembly of a cycling shoe. The locking mechanism includes a sleeve, inserted along the axle, an inner loop and an outer loop, inserted along the sleeve and free to rotate around the sleeve, so that the inner loop is contained within the outer loop. The locking mechanism further includes a cam, included between the inner loop and the outer loop, suitable to hold the inner loop and the outer loop in an engagement configuration of the cleat assembly. The cam is also suitable to allow rotational movement of the inner, outer loops relative to each other, from the engagement configuration to a disengagement configuration of the cleat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Publication number: 20200061784
    Abstract: A selectively adjustable torque indicating tool is provided for rotating a mechanical fastener to a predetermined torque setting. The tool includes a pair of supports and a tool bit positioned between the pair of supports and engageable with a mechanical fastener such that when the tool bit, a rotational force is imparted on the mechanical fastener. A spring is coupled to the pair of supports, and operatively coupled to the tool bit. The spring includes a first end portion movable relative to the pair of supports between a neutral position and a torqued position in response to the rotational force being imparted on the mechanical fastener by the tool bit. An adjuster is coupled to the spring to adjust a stiffness of the spring such that movement of the first end portion of the spring from the neutral position to the torqued position corresponds to a predefined rotational force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Publication number: 20190367114
    Abstract: A height adjustable seat post, including a body and a quill. Quill is slideably associated to body to be selectively translated between an upper locked position and a lower locked position. Quill includes a spring, and a plurality of lock elements, slideably engaged in a respective plurality of through seats, distributed along quill cross section; the spring is suitable to spring load the lock elements radially outward so as to protrude from the respective through seats. The body of the seat post includes a plurality of first through slots, a plurality of partial upper slots and a plurality of partial lower slot. The lock elements are selectively engageable in the partial upper slots so as to retain quill in the upper locked position, or in the partial lower slots so as to retain quill in the lower locked position, or in the first through slots, along which they can slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10479431
    Abstract: An adjustable height seat post including supporting means connectable to a bicycle frame, a quill associated with said supporting means and having a head suitable to clamp rails of a bicycle saddle, hydraulic adjusting means, associated with said supporting means, for lifting or lowering said quill in a desired position selected by the user, said hydraulic adjusting means including a cylindrical chamber inside which a piston assembly is foreseen, and valve means, suitable to selectively open or close an hydraulic path through said piston assembly for selectively lock or unlock the position of said piston assembly relative to said cylindrical chamber, and the valve means comprise at least a valve body, associated with said piston assembly, which is selectively rotatable from an open position, in which the hydraulic path is open, to a closed position in which the hydraulic path is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen
  • Patent number: 10464631
    Abstract: An automatic bicycle pedal, including a pedal body rotationally connected to a spindle suitable to be coupled to a pedal crank, said pedal body having a front-rear direction (A) and including a front portion and a rear portion which are engageable by a cleat, said cleat being connectable to the sole of a rider's shoe and including a front hook and a rear hook; the front portion includes flexible engagement means for said front hook of said cleat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SELLE ROYAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen, Mark Rane
  • Patent number: 10464630
    Abstract: An automatic bicycle pedal, including a pedal body rotationally connected to a spindle suitable to be coupled to a pedal crank, said pedal body having a front-rear direction (A) and including a front portion and a rear portion which are engageable by a cleat, said cleat being connectable to the sole of a rider's shoe and including a front hook and a rear hook; the front portion includes flexible engagement means for said front hook of said cleat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SELLE ROYAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Carl Winefordner, Frank Hermansen, Mark Rane
  • Patent number: 10422328
    Abstract: A bicycle pump includes a pump body assembly, a handle assembly, a flexible hose assembly, and/or a magnet. The pump body assembly may include an outer tube, which defines an air chamber, and a head assembly with an air outlet opening. The handle assembly may slidably be associated with the body assembly, and include an inner tube and a piston, slidable inside the outer tube. The flexible hose assembly may be suitable to be stored inside the inner tube when the pump is not in use, and suitable to be connected to the air outlet opening during pumping. The magnet may connect the flexible hose assembly to the air outlet opening of the head assembly in a removable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Crank Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner