CHAIN GUIDE ASSEMBLY

• US 20190329842A1
• Filed: 04/10/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tektro Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Tektro Technology Corporation
• Inventors: CALENDRILLE, JR., John L., TSAI, Chung-Sheng
• Granted Patent: US 11,124,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 9/121 Rear derailleurs
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 9/124 Mechanisms for shifting laterally
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 9/1242 characterised by the linkage mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 9/1244 limiting or positioning the movement
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 9/1248 characterised by the use of biasing means, e.g. springs; Arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 9/126 Chain guides; Mounting thereof

Abstract

The disclosure provides a chain guide assembly including a movable member, a chain guide and a resistance applying assembly. The chain guide is pivotably disposed on the movable member. The resistance applying assembly includes a shaft seat, a first engagement component, a control component and a second engagement component. The shaft seat includes a seat portion and a flange portion. The seat portion is fixed on the chain guide. The flange portion is located at a side of the seat portion away from the chain guide and protrudes from the seat portion. The seat portion is disposed through the first engagement component. The first engagement component is clamped by the flange portion and the chain guide. The control component is disposed on the movable member. The second engagement component is pivotably disposed on the movable member and movable with the control component.

Claims

1. A chain guide assembly, configured to be mounted on a linkage assembly of a bicycle derailleur, the chain guide assembly comprising:

a movable member, configured to be mounted on the linkage assembly;

a chain guide, pivotably disposed on the movable member; and

a resistance applying assembly, connected between the movable member and the chain guide, the resistance applying assembly comprising;

a shaft seat comprising a seat portion and a flange portion, wherein the seat portion is fixed on the chain guide, the flange portion is located at a side of the seat portion away from the chain guide and protrudes from the seat portion in a radial direction of the seat portion;

a first engagement component, wherein the seat portion is disposed through the first engagement component, and the first engagement component is clamped by the flange portion and the chain guide;

a control component, disposed on the movable member and movable between an engaged position and a released position; and

at least one second engagement component, pivotably disposed on the movable member and movable with the control component;

wherein when the control component is in the engaged position, the first engagement component is unidirectionally and detachably engaged with the at least one second engagement component so that the first engagement component is only rotatable relative to the at least one second engagement component along a rotation direction;

when the control component is moved from the engaged position to the released position, the at least one second engagement component is pushed by the control component to be detached from the first engagement component so that the first engagement component is rotatable relative to the at least one second engagement component along the rotation direction and a direction opposite to the rotation direction.

2. The chain guide assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a torsion spring, wherein the torsion spring is connected to and located between the movable member and the chain guide and in order to force the chain guide to pivot relative to the movable member along the rotation direction.

3. The chain guide assembly according to claim 2, wherein the control component is slidable along a curved line, and the center of the curved line is located at a central line of the torsion spring.

4. The chain guide assembly according to claim 3, wherein the quantity of the at least one second engagement component is plural, and the second engagement components are spaced apart from each other and are arranged along the curved line.

5. The chain guide assembly according to claim 1, wherein the chain guide has at least one through hole corresponding to the first engagement component, wherein a pillar is configured to be disposed through the at least one through hole;

when the pillar is disposed through the at least one through hole, a side of the first engagement component facing the chain guide is pressed against by the pillar so that a normal force between the first engagement component and the flange portion is increased.

6. The chain guide assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second engagement component comprises a pivot portion, an engagement portion and a tail portion, the pivot portion is located between and connected to the engagement portion and the tail portion, the pivot portion is pivotably disposed on the movable member, the engagement portion is configured to be unidirectionally and detachably engaged with the first engagement component, the movable member has a curved groove, the control component is slidably located in the curved groove, the control component has an inner curved surface and at least one notch located on the inner curved surface, the tail portion of the at least one second engagement component is located in the at least one notch;

when the control component is moved between the engaged position and the released position, the at least one second engagement component is pivoted by the control component via the at least one notch so that the at least one second engagement component is unidirectionally engaged with the first engagement component or moved away from the first engagement component.

7. The chain guide assembly according to claim 1, wherein the control component has a handle tab protruding out of an outer surface of the movable member.

8. The chain guide assembly according to claim 1, wherein the quantity of the at least one second engagement component is plural, the first engagement component is a ratchet wheel, the second engagement components are pawls, and the second engagement components are arranged along a periphery of the first engagement component.

9. The chain guide assembly according to claim 8, wherein the second engagement components are in different inclinations with respect to the first engagement component.

10. The chain guide assembly according to claim 1, further comprising at least one washer sleeved on the shaft seat and located between the first engagement component and the chain guide or between the first engagement component and the flange portion.