Patents by Inventor John J. Neugent

John J. Neugent 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).

  • Bicycle freewheel hub supported on a central drive cylinder
    Patent number: 6591956
    Abstract: An inner cylinder 5 supports and drives a hub shell 1. A sprocket hub 10 is rigidly mounted on one end of the cylinder, and may be integral with it. A bearing 2 at each end of the axle supports the cylinder and sprocket hub for rotation about the axle 1 Outer bearings 16 between the cylinder and hub shell rotationally supported hub shell. A circular ratchet 8 in the interior of the hub shell, and corresponding pawls 6 on the exterior of the cylinder, drive the hub shell when torque is applied to th sprocket hub, and allow the shell to freewheel otherwise. A more central position of the pawl drive in the hub shell compare to prior designs reduces twist of the shell. Wide separation of the bearings supporting the sprocket hub and cylinder provide a highly stable sprocket hub. These features maximize transmission efficiency and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Cane Creek Cycling Components, Inc.
    Inventor: John J. Neugent
  • Water bottle and cage for a bicycle
    Patent number: 5040709
    Abstract: An articulated expandable cage for a bicycle water bottle includes two clamp parts, of which one can be pivoted and displaced with respect to the other to enlarge the clamp opening for reception of the oversize bottom of a bottle having an intermediate section that is snugly received by the clamp when the two clamp parts are moved together. The oversize bottle bottom is too large to pass through the closed clamp opening, but the bottle can be removed by tilting it to pivotally and translationally separate the two clamp parts against the action of a closing spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Inventor: John J. Neugent
  • Bicycle pump bracket
    Patent number: 5011055
    Abstract: A bracket for securely attaching a bicycle pump to a tubular frame member of a bicycle comprises a base having a surface curved to fit partly around a tubular frame member and a plurality of ties extending through holes in the base for securing the base to the bicycle frame member. Hooks formed of resilient, U-shaped circularly bent strips are fixed to and extend laterally in opposite directions from sides of the base so that a bicycle pump may be placed between the hooks and twisted to snap the pump body into both of the resilient hooks, which then securely press the pump body against the bracket base and resiliently hold the pump in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventor: John J. Neugent