BICYCLE ON-BOARD DEVICE AND RELATED SUPPORT AND MOUNTING METHOD

• US 20140191493A1
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Campagnolo S.R.L.
• Original Assignee: Campagnolo S.R.L.
• Inventors: Dal Pozzo, Massimo
• Application Number:
  US14/125,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20140191493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/288.4
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/04 for bottles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/22 electronic, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/225 Mounting arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 19/30 Frame parts shaped to receive other cycle parts or accessories axle suspensions B62K25/00
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 19/40 for attaching accessories, e.g. article carriers, lamps

Abstract

A bicycle on-board device is disclosed having an oblong shape and comprising a cavity, the device being sized for insertion in a bicycle oblong element, wherein it has two seats for fastening devices, said two seats being spaced apart along a longitudinal direction of the on-board device, and/or a groove extending along its main longitudinal direction and sized to receive at least one protrusion projecting inwards inside said bicycle oblong element.

Claims

1. A bicycle on-board device having an oblong shape and comprising a cavity, the device being sized for insertion in a bicycle oblong element, wherein it has two seats for fastening devices, said two seats being spaced apart along a longitudinal direction of the on-board device.

3. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 1, wherein said cavity contains at least one of a battery power supply unit and a circuit board.

4. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 1, wherein the device is sized for insertion in a seat tube of a bicycle frame.

5. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 1, comprising a seat for a removable connector of a cable.

6. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 1, wherein said two seats comprise two threaded holes.

12. Assembly of a bicycle on-board device according to claim 1 and a support having a seat therefor.

2. A bicycle on-board device having an oblong shape and comprising a cavity, the device being sized for insertion in a bicycle oblong element, wherein it has a groove extending along its main longitudinal direction and sized to receive at least one protrusion projecting inwards inside said bicycle oblong element.

7. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 2, wherein said at least one projecting protrusion is a portion of at least one insert of a bicycle frame intended for fastening a bottle cage.

8. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 2, wherein said groove extends from an end of the device and has an abutment surface at the opposite end of the groove.

9. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 2, further comprising two seats for fastening devices, said two seats being spaced apart along a longitudinal direction of the on-board device.

10. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 9, wherein said two seats comprise two threaded holes.

11. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 9, wherein said two seats are made on the bottom of said groove.

13. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 2, wherein said cavity contains at least one of a battery power supply unit and a circuit board.

14. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 2, wherein the device is sized for insertion in a seat tube of a bicycle frame.

15. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 2, comprising a seat for a removable connector of a cable.

16. The bicycle on-board device according to claim 10, wherein said two seats are made on the bottom of said groove.