Crank Or Sprocket Patents (Class D12/123)
  • Patent number: 6845687
    Abstract: A bicycle crank arm apparatus includes an axle having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion has an outer peripheral surface and a threaded inner peripheral surface; an axle bolt having a threaded outer peripheral surface screwed into the threaded inner peripheral surface of the first end portion of the axle; a crank arm having an axle mounting boss defining an opening for receiving the first end portion of the axle therein, wherein the axle mounting boss includes a first fastener for tightening the crank arm mounting boss around the first end portion of the axle; and wherein the crank arm boss is positioned axially inwardly of the axle bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: D519417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Greg Burns
  • Patent number: D520920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Shigekatsu Okada
  • Patent number: D522413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Shigekatsu Okada
  • Patent number: D527315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki Arakawa
  • Patent number: D532342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki Arakawa
  • Patent number: D540718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher A. Wickliffe
  • Patent number: D544894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur Jack Clarke
  • Patent number: D545333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur Jack Clarke
  • Patent number: D550593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Hanamura
  • Patent number: D553055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Naoya Tokumoto
  • Patent number: D555048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Hanamura
  • Patent number: D578583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Five Giri, Inc.
    Inventor: Johnny Goldberg
  • Patent number: D579825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki Arakawa
  • Patent number: D580303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Shigekatsu Okada
  • Patent number: D589409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Hirohisa Toyoshima
  • Patent number: D498710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Chiang, David Michael Anthony
  • Patent number: D498711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Chiang, David Michael Anthony
  • Patent number: D592107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur Jack Clarke
  • Patent number: D595619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventors: David D. Morrow, Hondre C. Moreno
  • Patent number: D599255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher A. Wickliffe, Eldon Goates
  • Patent number: D599716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher A. Wickliffe, Eldon Goates
  • Patent number: D599717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher A. Wickliffe, Eldon Goates
  • Patent number: D599718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher A. Wickliffe, Eldon Goates
  • Patent number: D599719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher A. Wickliffe, Eldon Goates
  • Patent number: D600166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Naoya Tokumoto
  • Patent number: D603761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventors: David D. Morrow, Hondre C. Moreno
  • Patent number: D604346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Douglas Chiang
  • Patent number: D607784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Inigo Gisbert
  • Patent number: D610049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Animal Bikes, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Curran, Dominic Biro
  • Patent number: D613207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: Chia-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: D617689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Animal Bikes, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Curran, Dominic Biro
  • Patent number: D655225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Trek Bicycle Corporation
    Inventor: Brady Schroedl
  • Patent number: D675549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke Noborio
  • Patent number: D715699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Reiter, Raymond Florczyk, Henrik Braedt
  • Patent number: D716191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventor: Markus Reiter
  • Patent number: D728432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Chang Hui Lin
  • Patent number: D733009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventor: Julian E. Woods
  • Patent number: D749988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Nicola Sgreva
  • Patent number: D750998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: John Wang
  • Patent number: D750999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Pendix GmbH
    Inventor: Marco Zichner
  • Patent number: D751950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Nicola Sgreva
  • Patent number: D756270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Nicola Sgreva
  • Patent number: D756271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Compagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Nicola Sgreva
  • Patent number: D765551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Baker, Inc.
    Inventors: Bert E. Baker, Jr., Chad W. Behrendt
  • Patent number: D774987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TIEN HSIN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jason Miles
  • Patent number: D783461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rinaldo Greiner
  • Patent number: D783462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rinaldo Greiner
  • Patent number: D787380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Daniel Scott Karol, Jason Michael Overson
  • Patent number: D801876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rinaldo Greiner