Patents by Inventor SEBASTIAN HEYNA

SEBASTIAN HEYNA 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: 20220169337
    Abstract: A bicycle sprocket for a sprocket cassette comprises a sprocket main body which extends about a virtual sprocket axis about which the sprocket is rotatable during intended operation on a bicycle. In the case of a single release tooth being formed, a release-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of an upshift recess formation. The release-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to an axial reference position than an inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth. Additionally, or alternatively, in the case of a single catch tooth being formed, a receiving-side stabilizing tooth is arranged in the circumferential region of extent of a downshift recess formation. The receiving-side stabilizing tooth has an inner tooth contact surface which has a greater axial spacing to the axial reference position than the inner tooth contact surface of the reference tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: SVEN BUECHNER, ALEX BUETTNER, SEBASTIAN HEYNA, PIERRE KOMMER, ARNDT PULS, JAKOB ROHMER, ANDREAS VONEND
  • Publication number: 20220126949
    Abstract: A bicycle rear-wheel sprocket pairing for engaging in a meshing, force-transmitting and form-fitting manner with a bicycle roller chain, wherein the rear-wheel sprocket pairing is rotatable about a sprocket axis. The sprocket axis defines an axial direction running along the sprocket axis, a radial direction running so as to be orthogonal to the sprocket axis, and a circumferential direction encircling the sprocket axis. The rear-wheel sprocket pairing comprises a larger sprocket and a smaller sprocket which for rotating conjointly with the larger sprocket in a slip-free manner about the sprocket axis is connected to the larger sprocket so as to be coaxial with and axially directly adjacent to the latter. The larger sprocket has an even tooth count of equal to or less than twenty-two teeth, and the difference in the tooth count between the larger and the smaller sprocket is exactly two teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Henrik Braedt, Sebastian Heyna
  • Publication number: 20220063762
    Abstract: A multi-sprocket arrangement for a rear wheel assembly for a bicycle with a derailleur system is provided. The multi-sprocket arrangement has an axis of rotation and is designed for coupling, for conjoint rotation, to a driver of the rear wheel assembly. The multi-sprocket arrangement comprises at least eleven sprockets with differing numbers of teeth. Each sprocket has an inner side surface and an outer side surface in the region of its teeth and a sprocket center plane lying between the inner side surface and the outer side surface and running orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: HENRIK BRAEDT, SEBASTIAN HEYNA
  • Publication number: 20220063761
    Abstract: A multi-sprocket assembly for a rear wheel assembly for a bicycle with a derailleur system, comprising a multi-sprocket arrangement and a locking screw arrangement. The multi-sprocket arrangement is configured to be couplable to a driver of the rear wheel assembly in a torque-transmitting manner and comprises at least eleven sprockets with differing numbers of teeth. The multi-sprocket assembly is configured such that, in the mounted state, at least two of the smallest sprockets are axially fixed to the driver via the locking screw arrangement. The locking screw arrangement has a shaft portion for receiving at least one sprocket of the at least two smallest sprockets. The shaft portion has an axially outer stop portion at one end region and at least one external thread at an opposite end region. The at least one external thread configured to be screwed into an associated internal thread to fix the locking screw arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventor: SEBASTIAN HEYNA
  • Publication number: 20210188396
    Abstract: A connection of a bicycle derailleur to a bicycle frame is presented. A mounting element with a retaining bolt is used. The mounting element may be configured with an insertion sheath. At least one element of the insertion sheath and the retaining bolt may be configured with at least one engagement formation adapted for this purpose, together with at least one counter-engaging element, which is separate from the insertion sheath and the retaining bolt, or a counter-engaging formation of the respective other element from the insertion sheath and the retaining bolt, to produce an elastic snap-in retaining connection or a bayonet-type retaining lock, which realizes a positive retaining engagement between the insertion sheath and the retaining bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: HENRIK BRAEDT, SEBASTIAN HEYNA
  • Publication number: 20210102603
    Abstract: A chain and an inner link plate for a bicycle chain having chain rollers is provided. A protrusion of the inner link plate in relation to the respectively assigned chain roller in a front lower longitudinal end region of an inner link plate outer periphery is reduced, in comparison to the protrusion in a front upper longitudinal end region and/or in a rear lower longitudinal end region of the inner link plate outer periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: HENRIK BRAEDT, SEBASTIAN HEYNA
  • Publication number: 20210054929
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a derailleur for a bicycle, comprising a B-knuckle assembly which is designed for mounting on the bicycle frame, a P-knuckle assembly, a parallelogram assembly via which the B-knuckle assembly and the P-knuckle assembly are movably connected to one another, a cage assembly in which a chain guide pulley and a chain tension pulley are rotatably held, where the cage assembly is mounted on the P-knuckle assembly so as to be rotatable about a P axis, and an rotation angle detection device which is designed to detect and/or display an angle of rotation between the P-knuckle assembly and the cage assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: HENRIK BRAEDT, SEBASTIAN HEYNA