Resistance adjusting apparatus

• US 9,707,430 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2015
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mu-Chuan Wu
• Original Assignee: Mu-Chuan Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Mu-Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh, Loan H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nyca T
• Application Number:
  US14/843,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20170056700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 482 63, 482 64
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00069 Setting or adjusting the resistance level; Compensating for a preload prior to use, e.g. changing length of resistance or adjusting a valve
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0051 using eddy currents induced in moved elements, e.g. by permanent magnets
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/015 including rotating or oscillating elements rubbing against fixed elements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/225 with flywheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load

Abstract

A resistance adjusting apparatus has a bracket, a seat pivotally mounted on the bracket, a resistance supplier mounted in the seat, and an adjusting assembly. The adjusting assembly is mounted on the bracket and connected to the seat. The adjusting assembly has a motor, a stick and a sleeve. The motor is mounted on the bracket and has a spindle. The stick is mounted on the spindle of the motor. The stick has an outer threaded portion formed on an outer surface of the stick. The sleeve is mounted on the seat, is connected to and around the stick, and has an inner threaded portion engaging with the outer threaded portion. The motor can control the moving distance of the resistance supplier accurately. The adjustment precision and the sensitivity of the resistance adjusting apparatus are increased.

Claims

1. A resistance adjusting apparatus comprising:

a bracket having a through hole formed through the bracket;

wherein the bracket has a first plate deposited on a top part of the bracket and a second plate mounted below the first plate and having two first wings formed on and protruding from a top face of the second plate and extending out of the first plate;

a seat pivotally mounted on the bracket;

a resistance supplier mounted in the seat below the bracket; and

an adjusting assembly mounted on the bracket and connected to the seat, and the adjusting assembly having

a motor fixedly mounted on the bracket and having a spindle, the spindle rotatably mounted on a bottom face of the motor and facing the through hole of the bracket;

a stick mounted on the spindle of the motor and inserted through the through hole of the bracket, and the stick having an outer threaded portion formed on an outer surface of the stick; and

a sleeve mounted on the seat, connected to and around the stick, and having an inner threaded portion and an elongated hole, the inner threaded portion formed on an inner face of the sleeve and engaging with the outer threaded portion of the stick, and the elongated hole being transversally formed through the sleeve; and

a shaft inserted through the elongated hole of the sleeve and mounted in the seat.

2. The resistance adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the resistance adjusting apparatus has

a positioning block mounted in the seat around the sleeve, and having

a positioning surface formed on the positioning block above the resistance supplier and facing the resistance supplier.

3. The resistance adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the motor has

two second wings mounted on the motor and respectively facing the first wings;

the adjusting assembly has

four rods, and two of the four rods inserted through one of the two first wings and the other two of the four rods inserted through the other one of the two first wings.

4. The resistance adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the seat has two side plates mounted at a spaced interval, and the resistance supplier is deposited between the two side plates of the seat.

5. The resistance adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the motor has

two second wings mounted on the motor and respectively facing the first wings;

and

the adjusting assembly has

two rods respectively and transversally inserted through the two first wings and respectively connected to the two second wings.

6. The resistance adjusting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat has two side plates mounted at a spaced interval, and the resistance supplier is deposited between the two side plates of the seat.