Patents by Inventor Wen-Hwa Lin

Wen-Hwa Lin 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: 6230584
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal includes a pedal frame having a H-shaped receiving chamber and a rear opening, a clamping member pivoted to the pedal frame for holding down a rubber block on the pedal frame, the clamping member having a protruding rod inserted through the rear opening into the receiving chamber, a compression spring mounted in the receiving chamber and stopped at one side of the protruding rod to hold the clamping member in engagement with the loaded rubber block, an adjustment block mounted in the receiving chamber and stopped at one end of the compression spring, and an adjustment screw rotated to move the adjusting block in adjusting the spring power of the compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 6085614
    Abstract: A pedal for a racing bicycle in which a coupling structure is provided for enabling a pedal body to be coupled to a cage and turned about a shaft within a limited angle relative to the cage, wherein the coupling structure includes an end cap mounted in a stepped hole in the cage and engaged into locating grooves at the pedal body, the end cap having a locating block inserted into a sliding groove in the stepped hole inside the cage to limit the turning angle of the pedal body relative to the cage, a screw mounted in a countersunk hole at the end cap and threaded into a screw hole at the pedal body to fix the end cap to the pedal body, and a torsional spring mounted on the end cap and connected between a locating hole inside the pedal body and a notch in the stepped hole inside the cage for enabling the pedal body to be returned to its former position after each rotary notion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 6042274
    Abstract: An annular locating member mounted around a bottom bracket bearing axle within a ball race to hold steel balls inside the ball race around the bottom bracket bearing axle between a flange around the periphery of the bottom bracket bearing axle and a flange around the inside wall of the ball race, the annular locating member having an outward flange coupled to an annular groove inside the ball race and an inward flange coupled to an annular groove around the periphery of the flange at the bottom bracket bearing axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5979925
    Abstract: A bicycle head tube packing arrangement includes a head tube, a hexagon head sleeve fixed to the inside of the head tube, a tubular shaft inserted through the hexagon head sleeve with both ends respectively fastened to a handlebar stem and a front fork, a nut threaded onto an outer thread on the tubular shaft to hold a first axle bearing around the tubular shaft below a lower collar on the tubular shaft, a screw cap threaded onto an inner thread at the top of the head tube to hold a second axle bearing around the tubular shaft above an upper collar on the tubular shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5971415
    Abstract: A bicycle front fork packing device including a bottom split taper ring supported within a top cover of a bearing assembly at the top end of the head tube of a bicycle frame, a top split taper ring mounted on the bottom split taper ring around the top coupling tube of a front fork and stopped at a bottom end of the vertical tube of a handlebar stem, and a sealing cover covered on the top cover of the bearing assembly around the bottom end of the vertical tube of the handlebar, the bottom split taper ring being moved up with the bearing assembly and the top split taper ring being forced to expand by the bottom split taper ring and to firmly engage with the inside wall of the sealing cover when the vertical tube of the handlebar stem and the top coupling tube of the front fork are fastened tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5848560
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal and shoe plate arrangement including a bicycle pedal having a pedal frame and a shoe plate clamp mounted on the pedal frame for securing a shoe plate to the pedal frame, and a shoe plate fixedly fastened to a sole of a shoe and adapted for securing to the shoe to the bicycle pedal, wherein the shoe plate clamp has one end of its front side pivoted to the pedal frame and an opposite end of its front front side connected to a screw tube on a screw rod inside the pedal frame by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5810380
    Abstract: A bicycle front fork packing structure including a tapered ball bearing mounted around the top coupling tube of the front fork and connected between the vertical tube of the handlebar stem and the head tube and having a tapered center through hole, a tapered screw cap threaded onto the externally threaded bottom end of the vertical tube of the handlebar stem and covering the tapered ball bearing and having an inside annular groove, a split packing ring mounted within the tapered screw cap and the ball bearing and forced into engagement between the head tube and the top coupling tube of the front fork and having an outside annular flange forced into engagement with the inside annular groove of the tapered screw cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5762426
    Abstract: A bottom bracket bearing axle for a bicycle, including two screw caps fastened to two opposite ends of a bottom bracket to hold two ball bearings, a bottom bracket bearing axle supported on the ball bearings, and a bush mounted around the bottom bracket bearing axle within the bottom bracket, wherein the ball bearings are respectively mounted around bottom bracket bearing axle within the screw caps and having respective balls respectively supported on a respective annular flange of the bottom bracket bearing axle at an outer side; the bush is comprised of two symmetrical halves fastened together by a dowel joint and mounted within the bottom bracket around the bottom bracket bearing axle between the ball bearings, having a corrugated outside wall and two end flanges at two opposite ends respectively stopped against the ball bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5724752
    Abstract: A water-proof bicycle shoe locating device adapted for fastening to the sole of a bicycle shoe for permitting the bicycle shoe to be secured to one pedal of a sports bicycle, the device including a rigid locating plate, a rubber cushion and a rubber packing plate respectively covered on both sides of the locating plate, the locating plate having screw holes adapted for mounting locating screws selectively, the rubber packing plate having detachable downward split rods adapted for fitting into vacant screw holes of the locating plate to seal the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5692415
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal which includes a pedal base, two fixed locating plates fixedly and reversely secured to the pedal base, two movable locating plates turned about respective locating bolts on the pedal base to act against the fixed locating plate for the coupling of the sole of a bicycle shoe, two stop plates moved in respective sliding slots on the pedal base, two springs respectively turned about the locating bolts and abutted against the stop plates and hung on the movable locating plates to force the movable locating plates toward the fixed locating plates, two socket head screws respectively threaded into respective countersunk screw holes on the pedal base and respective screw holes on the stop plates and turned to move the stop plates relative to the springs in adjusting the spring force of the springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5685093
    Abstract: A bicycle shoe which includes a sole having a top recess and a bottom recess aligned at two opposing sides and a plurality of through holes through the top recess and the bottom recess, at least one locating plate longitudinally slidably mounted in the top recess and then fixed to the through holes in place by screw bolts to hold a positioning plate in the bottom recess for securing to a bicycle pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5657670
    Abstract: A bicycle head tube sealing structure including a plug cap at the top end of the head tube, a packing block disposed inside the top tube of the front fork, a screw inserted through the plug cap and threaded into the packing block, a stop plate mounted inside the top tube of the front fork, a spring mounted around the screw and stopped between the plug cap and the stop plate, and an expansion ring mounted around the screw between the stop plate and the packing block when, the screw is turned in one direction, the packing block is forced upwards to squeeze the expansion ring against the top plate, causing the top tube and of the front fork firmly secured to the head tube; when the screw is turned in the reversed direction, the packing block is forced downwards to release the expansion ring, for permitting the top tube of the front fork to be disconnected from the head tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5634383
    Abstract: A bicycle shoe plate holding-down device which includes a holding-down plate mounted inside the pedal body of a bicycle pedal and moved along sliding rails therein to hold down the shoe plate of a bicycle shoe and having a screw hole, a transmission member turned to moved the holding-down plate into engagement with the shoe plate of the bicycle shoe, having a screw rod at one end threaded into the screw hole of the holding-down device, a rotary knob coupled to one end of the transmission member for turning it by hand, and a tensile spring mounted around the transmission member and stopped between the holding-down plate and a collar on the transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5626060
    Abstract: A bicycle bottom bracket and bearing axle arrangement including two end caps fastened to the bottom bracket of a bicycle at two oppoisite sides to hold a bushing around the bottom bracket bearing axle, two nuts and two clamps respectively fastened tot he bottom bracket bearing axle to hold two axle bearings at two opposite ends of the bushing around the bottom bracket bearing axle, and a cushion mounted around the bottom bracket bearing axle between one nut and one clamp had having inward teeth respectively engaging in respective longitudinal sliding grooves on the bottom bracket bearing axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5586472
    Abstract: A detachable bicycle pedal mounting structure including connector connected to a crank, a pedal having a spindle inserted into a hexagonal axial coupling hole on the connector, and a spring-supported locating hole mounted in a radial stepped hole on the connector and forced by a spring into a locating hole on the spindle of the pedal to lock the spindle of the pedal in place, the locating bolt having a finger rod disposed outside the radial stepped hole for pulling by hand to disconnect the locating bolt from the locating hole of the spindle for permitting the pedal to be quickly removed from the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5568991
    Abstract: A seat post assembly for bicycles includes a seat post made from a hollow tube having a close top end and an open bottom end, the open bottom end of the seat post having an inner thread, an inner tube mounted inside the seat post for storing things, the inner tube having an inner thread at a bottom end thereof, and a stepped screw cap threaded into the inner thread of the seat post and the inner thread of the inner tube to hold the inner tube inside the seat post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5496114
    Abstract: A bottom bracket bearing axle mounting structure including a barrel received in the transverse mounting hole of the bottom bracket of a bicycle to hold an axle, a first screw cap threaded into one end of the transverse mounting hole to hold a first ring of balls on a first ball bearing on the axle, and a second screw cap threaded onto one end of the barrel and into an opposite end of the transverse mounting hole to hold a second ring of balls on a second ball bearing on the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 5496126
    Abstract: A bicycle front fork mounting structure including a locating socket mounted around the top coupling tube of the front fork and supported on a ball bearing above the head tube of the bicycle frame, the locating socket having an outer thread and a tapered center through hole, a split holding-down ring fitted into the tapered center through hole of the locating socket, and a lock nut threaded onto the outer thread of the locating socket to compress the holding-down ring by forcing an inside annular flange thereof into an outside annular groove on the holding-down ring, causing the holding-down ring and the locating socket to securely fix the front fork to the head tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: D374389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: D374409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin