Patents by Inventor Robert Wayne Tison

Robert Wayne Tison 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).

  • Headset spacer unit and steering assembly equipped therewith
    Patent number: 6892604
    Abstract: A headset spacer unit and a steering assembly equipped therewith in which the headset spacer unit is formed of a plurality of annular spacers, each of which has a configuration at top and bottom sides thereof which is shaped to enable a bottom side of each of the plurality of spacer to make an interlocking engagement with a top side of another of said plurality of annular spacers in a manner preventing relative radial movement between the spacers. In the steering assembly, advantageously, a highest component of the headset and a bottom surface of the handle bar stem have a complementary configuration for engaging with the configuration of a respective side of the spacer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Cane Creek Cycling Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Tison, Thomas W. Reeder
  • Bicycle headset construction
    Publication number: 20030146595
    Abstract: A bicycle headset of the type having upper and lower bearing assemblies for facilitating relative rotation between a steerer tube of a bicycle front fork and a head tube of a bicycle frame, each of the bearing assemblies having a bearing cup with cup-shaped portion for holding an annular rotary bearing unit and an axially extending insertion portion for insertion into the head tube, is improved by a stress-relieving undercut being formed as a transition between the cup-shaped portion and the insertion portion. The undercut can extend around the outer periphery of the insertion portion, the underside of the cup-shaped portion or the junction of the flange and cup-shaped portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Cane Creek Cycling Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Wayne Tison
  • Headset spacer unit and steering assembly equipped therewith
    Publication number: 20030110880
    Abstract: A headset spacer unit and a steering assembly equipped therewith in which the headset spacer unit is formed of a plurality of annular spacers, each of which has a configuration at top and bottom sides thereof which is shaped to enable a bottom side of each of the plurality of spacer to make an interlocking engagement with a top side of another of said plurality of annular spacers in a manner preventing relative radial movement between the spacers. In the steering assembly, advantageously, a highest component of the headset and a bottom surface of the handle bar stem have a complementary configuration for engaging with the configuration of a respective side of the spacer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Tison, Thomas W. Reeder