Patents by Inventor Jorg Bodmer

Jorg Bodmer 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: 5738603
    Abstract: Derailleur with at least two sprockets on a sprocket set which is located around a pedal axle of a bicycle, which sprockets are provided with chain transfer assistance measures to assist the transfer of the chain in upshifting or downshifting, whereby the shifting can be done under load in both of these directions. The chain transfer assistance measures comprise a tooth space with a spiral-shaped base, a conical rivet with an encircling sharp edge to locate the chain in the vicinity of its links between the chain plates, as well as bevels, recesses and steps, the totality of which optimize the chain transfer in both directions between sprockets which are coordinated with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Frank Schmidt, Jorg Bodmer, Andreas Neuer
  • Patent number: 5716297
    Abstract: Derailleur with at least two sprockets on a sprocket unit, which is designed so that the chain can be easily shifted between a smaller sprocket and a larger sprocket. For this purpose, at least on the larger sprocket, there is a tooth space which forms a lane for the transfer of the chain between the two sprockets. By means of a side plate support ramp on the larger sprocket, a path of a chain transfer segment which is convexly bent or curved radially outward, viewed in the axial direction, is achieved, whereby the chain transfer segment is formed during the chain transfer from the smaller sprocket to the larger sprocket in the vicinity of the double tooth space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventor: Jorg Bodmer
  • Patent number: 5522611
    Abstract: A multiple sprocket chainwheel for bicycle derailleurs to drive a hub bushing on the rear wheel by means of at least two sprockets which have different numbers of teeth, and which are located non-rotationally on a chainwheel bushing, whereby spacing connecting rings with bearings and a drive bushing are located between the sprockets, which drive bushing is driven in the driving direction by the chainwheel bushing by means of a freewheel mechanism, whereby the connecting rings have clamping projections which can be inserted into clamping points on the sprockets, which makes possible it possible to have an alternating arrangement in series of a sprocket, a connecting ring, a sprocket, a connecting ring etc. The desired position of one sprocket in relation to another is achieved when a guide tooth on the inside diameter of the one sprocket coincides with the guide tooth on another sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Frank Schmidt, Andreas Neuer, Gerhard Dumbser, Jorg Bodmer
  • Patent number: 5503598
    Abstract: A derailleur with at least two sprockets (A, C) on a sprocket unit (A-C) is designed so that the chain (B) can be shifted up and down more easily between a smaller sprocket (C) and a larger sprocket (A). For this purpose, there is a double tooth space (ZA) on at least the larger sprocket (A), which forms a channel for the transfer of the chain between the two sprockets. By means of a link support plate (16) of the larger sprocket (A), a path (B1, B2. B3, B4, B5) which is curved or bent radially outwardly convexly--seen in the axial direction--of a chain transfer segment is achieved, which is formed during the transfer of the chain from the smaller sprocket (C) to the larger sprocket (A) in the vicinity of the double tooth space (ZA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Andreas Neuer, Jorg Bodmer