1315results about "Cycle saddles" patented technology

An IFP is disclosed. The IFP includes a sealing channel formed axially about an outer diameter (OD), the sealing channel including at least two walls where the at least two walls of the sealing channel having a smaller OD than an inner diameter (ID) of a chamber and a channel is formed between the at least two walls. The IFP also includes an anti-tipping feature fixedly coupled with at least a portion of one wall of the sealing channel, the anti-tipping feature increasing a length of the IFP.

A vehicle frame for a vehicle is provided for mounting a high-capacity battery. The vehicle frame includes a lower mount structure coupled to a lower portion of the vehicle frame. The vehicle frame further includes an upper mount structure coupled to an upper portion of the vehicle frame. The lower mount structure and the upper mount structure are configured to receive a battery unit in a space formed between the lower mount structure and the upper mount structure, such that the battery unit is slidably disposed in an inclined position in the space.

A bicycle component for an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, including a seat post device adjustable between two positions, with two support members telescopically movable relative to one another in the axial direction namely, a first support member and a second support member. The bicycle component includes an anti-twist protection with a clamping element that non-rotatably couples the support members together, and which is displaceably received in a guiding groove, so that rotational movement of the first support member relative to the second support member can be at least partially blocked. The anti-twist protection includes a spline device with a spline unit that can be pressed against the clamping element in the axial direction. By pressing the clamping element and the spline unit together, the clamping element and / or the spline unit can be moved relative to the guiding groove in the peripheral direction.

Air springs for bicycle components are described herein. An example air spring includes a tube, a first sealhead coupled to the tube, a second sealhead coupled to the tube such that a sealed pressure chamber is formed in the tube between the first and second sealheads, and a seal coupled to the second sealhead. The second sealhead and the tube are coupled along an axial interface locking length. The tube has a vent port. The seal is spaced from the vent port by a port seal gap that is less than the axial interface locking length such that as the second sealhead is being decoupled from the tube, the seal loses sealing contact with the inner surface to enable at least a portion of the sealed pressure chamber to be equalized with atmospheric air before the second sealhead is fully decoupled from the tube.

An electric vehicle and a powertrain for an electric vehicle are disclosed. According to an embodiment, an electric vehicle includes a suspension system, a seat, a steering system, an electric motor and a battery pack. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules to provide power to the electric motor and a battery enclosure housing the one or more battery modules. The battery enclosure is a structural element of the electric vehicle to receive loads from at least two of the suspension system, the seat and the steering system.

A compact personal transport device convertible between a riding configuration and a stowed configuration is described. In one embodiment, a latching mechanism for the compact personal transport device includes a frame post attached internally to the personal transport device and a seat post including an opening on one side. The seat post fits onto the frame post. The latching mechanism also includes a latch spring that extends outwards from one side of the frame post in an extended position and retracts inside the frame post in a retracted position. The latch spring extends through the opening in the seat post when the seat post is attached to the frame post and the latch spring is in the extended position to mechanically lock the seat post to the frame post.

Disclosed is a storage basket. The storage basket includes: a bottom wall, a left wall, a right wall, a front wall, a rear wall. Wherein the left wall extending substantially vertically upward from a left end of the bottom wall, the right wall extending substantially vertically upward from a right end of the bottom wall.

A fuel tank and a seat assembly including the fuel tank is provided. The seat assembly includes a fuel tank, a seat frame securable to the fuel tank, and optionally a rear panel that supports a rearward portion of the seat frame. The seat assembly may define a chamber between the fuel tank and the rear panel. The seat frame is removably secured to one or both of the rear panel and the fuel tank. The fuel tank and rear panel may define a v-shape capable of distributing the rider load.

The electric riding device includes: a frame body, a front wheel, a rear wheel, a handlebar assembly, a seat, a power device. Wherein the frame body includes a substantially flat base portion, a front raised portion extending upwardly from a front end of the base portion, and a rear raised portion extending upwardly from a rear end of the base portion.

A radial insert travel adjustable dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a lower post comprising a travel adjustment opening therethrough. An upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to the lower post, the upper post comprising a travel adjust interface. At least one radial travel adjust insert installed from an exterior of the lower post and within the travel adjustment opening, the at least one radial travel adjust to interact with the travel adjust interface of the upper post to reduce a travel distance of the interactive operation of the upper post with respect to the lower post.

In order to solve the problem that for a bicycle or an electric bicycle, people carrying by installing a rear child seat and object carrying by installing a rear tail box are difficult to consider at the same time, the invention provides a multifunctional child seat of a two-wheeled vehicle and a turnover safety device installed on the multifunctional child seat of the two-wheeled vehicle. The backrest of the multifunctional child seat of the two-wheeled vehicle comprises a first backrest piece and a second backrest piece, and the second backrest piece and the first backrest piece are hinged through a folding mechanism. After the folding locking piece is operated to unlock the folding mechanism, the second backrest piece and the side wing pieces can be folded forwards together, and an enclosed space is formed by the second backrest piece, the side wing pieces, the first backrest piece, the base and the front enclosure piece together. After the enclosed space is formed, the folding locking piece enters the clamping groove to limit the folding mechanism, and the vehicle-mounted articles can be stored. The folding safety device is used for locking the folding locking piece, on one hand, the reliability of the folding mechanism can be improved, and on the other hand, anti-theft storage of the vehicle-mounted articles can be achieved.

A bicycle seat suspension can include one or more movable body members. The one or more movable body members can be configured to be operatively connected to a bicycle saddle. The one or more movable body members can be configured to change configuration when a load is applied to the bicycle saddle. The bicycle seat suspension can also include a vibration isolator. The vibration isolator can be configured to exhibit a non-linear stiffness profile including a region of quasi-zero stiffness. The vibration isolator can be operatively positioned such that, when the one or more movable body members change configuration responsive to a load being applied to the bicycle saddle, the one or more movable body members can engage the vibration isolator. As a result, the vibration isolator can isolate a person seated on the bicycle saddle from vibrations transferred through the bicycle saddle.

A telescopic bicycle seatpost for allowing a modification, while moving, of the height of a saddle with respect to the frame of a bicycle including a pair of telescopically-coupled tubular elements defined by a male tubular element inserted into a seat tube of the bicycle frame, and by a female tubular element coaxial to said male tubular element, a seatpost lock or head arranged at one end of the female tubular element, the seat post adapted for enabling / disabling an axial sliding movement of the female tubular element with respect to the male tubular element arranged on the seatpost itself and cooperating with shape and force coupling with means for locking in place the female tubular element in order to define two or more height configurations of the saddle with respect to the seat tube of the frame.

An acoustic system includes an interior member for a conveyance including at least one speaker; a state detection unit that detects a state of an occupant or the interior member; and a control unit that is connected to the speaker and the state detection unit, and controls the speaker. The control unit includes a state determination unit that determines the state of the occupant or the interior member based on information received from the state detection unit, and an acoustic control unit that controls, when sound is emitted from the speaker, at least one of a volume, a tempo, and a direction of the sound emitted from the speaker, based on the determined state of the occupant or the interior member.

A micromobility electric vehicle includes a front storage volume and a rear storage volume. The front storage volume may be defined on two sides by an angled footboard portion and a column. The rear storage volume may be defined on two sides by a curved footboard portion and a seat post. Retainers including an elastic member may be employed in the front and / or rear storage volume to releasably secure objects of different sizes and shapes in the front or rear storage volumes. Hooks may be employed in the front and / or rear storage volumes to allow an object with a strap to be supported in the front or rear storage volume.

A conveyance skin material includes a first skin material; a second skin material connected to the first skin material; and a waterproof member having a sheet shape, extending along a skin connecting portion that connects the first skin material and the second skin material, and covering the skin connecting portion from a back surface side. The waterproof member includes a first impregnated portion with which a back surface material of the first skin material is impregnated, and a second impregnated portion with which a back surface material of the second skin material is impregnated. The waterproof member is attached to the first skin material by the first impregnated portion, and is attached to the second skin material by the second impregnated portion. The first impregnated portion and the second impregnated portion are disposed at positions where the skin connecting portion is sandwiched between the first impregnated portion and the second impregnated portion.

A system for a bicycle includes a plurality of controller devices. A type of controller device is the same for two or more controller devices of the plurality of controller devices. The system includes a pairing coordinator device configured to receive a respective device type identification from each controller device, and identify the type of controller device for the two or more controller devices based on the received device type identifications for the two or more controller devices. Based on the identification of the type of controller device, the pairing coordinator device is configured to update the device type identifications for the two or more controller devices, respectively, such that the updated device type identifications are different than each other. The pairing coordinator device is configured to pair only controller devices of the plurality of controller devices having different respective device type identifications with the pairing coordinator device.

A bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, and a frame assembly supported by the front wheel and by the rear wheel, the frame assembly including a main frame and a fork assembly rotatably secured to the main frame. The fork assembly includes a fork crown, a lower bearing that facilitates rotation of the fork assembly relative to the main frame about a steering axis, and a lower accessory mount including a base portion sandwiched between the fork crown and the lower bearing.

Proposed is a height-adjustable seatpost (1) with combined saddle suspension, in particular for gravel bikes, comprising an upper tube (2), wherein a saddle is fastenable to the upper end (4), and a lower tube (3), in which the lower end of the upper tube (2) is mounted telescopically in a plunging configuration, wherein a gas spring (5) is provided which couples the upper tube (2) to the lower tube (3) such that the upper tube (2) can be mounted elastically relative to the lower tube (3), wherein the gas spring (5) has a piston (6) having a push rod (8) and has a pressure housing (7) which forms a chamber (12) in which the piston (6) is mounted, wherein the push rod (8) is connected to the upper tube (2) and the pressure housing (7) is connected to the lower tube (3). In the seatpost (1), which requires little maintenance effort, the pressure housing (7) forms a cylinder which is separate from the lower tube (3) and which is mounted coaxially in the lower tube (3) and fixedly connected to the lower tube (3).

A frame assembly for a motorcycle and a motorcycle. The motorcycle includes a front frame structure; a front wheel; a rear frame structure including a first half-frame and a second half-frame body connected to the front frame structure, the second half-frame body being laterally spaced from the first half-frame body; and a crossmember connected between a rear portion of the first half-frame and a rear portion of the second half-frame; a rear wheel; and a motor operatively connected to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel. The crossmember has mounting points for selectively connecting a plurality of vehicle components, the plurality of vehicle components including at least two of: a driver seat, a passenger seat, a rear fender, a seat cowl, and a taillight.

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery car accessories, in particular to an electric bicycle saddle cover. A saddle cover of an electric bicycle comprises a cover body made of waterproof fabric. Openings of the two first U-shaped supporting strips face the inner side of the cover body, and the two first U-shaped supporting strips are oppositely arranged at the bottom of the cover body along the edge of the bottom of the cover body; the two fixed connecting pieces are arranged on the two sides of the bottom of the cover body respectively, clamping grooves used for fixing the fixed connecting pieces to the edge of a seat of the battery car are formed in the fixed connecting pieces, one end of each first U-shaped supporting strip is hinged to one fixed connecting piece, and the other end of each first U-shaped supporting strip is hinged to the other fixed connecting piece. The other end part of each fixed connecting piece is hinged to the other fixed connecting piece; and the second U-shaped supporting strips are arranged along the inner surface of the cover body and support the waterproof fabric to form the shape of the cover body in an unfolded state. The saddle cover of the electric bicycle is ingenious in structural design, convenient and fast to install and diversified in function.

A human-powered vehicle component comprises wireless communicator circuitry and electronic controller circuitry. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to receive a first signal from the additional wireless communicator circuitry via the wireless communicator circuitry. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to change the communication protocol of the wireless communicator circuitry from a second communication protocol to a first communication protocol based on the first signal in a case where the first signal includes first information indicative of the first communication protocol. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to control the wireless communicator circuitry to maintain use of the second communication protocol in a case where the electronic controller circuitry does not receive, via the wireless communicator circuitry, the first signal including the first information indicative of the first communication protocol.

The invention relates to a method for producing a structural component, at least part of which is in the form of a hollow profiled element, for a bicycle (1), comprising the method steps of: providing an injection molding device; producing and / or providing at least one lost core (30) which can be melted out and / or dissolved and / or mechanically destroyed and which is adapted at least to a first part of an inner contour of the structural component; introducing the lost core (30) into a mold tool; closing the mold tool and keeping it closed and overmolding the lost core (30) with a thermoplastic material; opening the mold tool and removing an injected-molded intermediate product; melting out and / or dissolving out and / or mechanically removing the lost core (30). The method is in particular characterized in that at least one further part of the inner contour of the structural component is molded by means of at least one movable tool core (31) or movable mold slide of the mold tool. The invention also relates to a structural component of a bicycle (1).

The utility model provides a multifunctional child seat of a two-wheeled vehicle in order to solve the problem that people carrying by installing a rear child seat and object carrying by installing a rear tail box are difficult to consider at the same time when the rear child seat is installed on the two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle and an electric bicycle. The multifunctional child seat of the two-wheeled vehicle comprises a first backrest piece and a second backrest piece, and the second backrest piece is hinged to the first backrest piece through a folding mechanism. The second backrest piece and the side wing pieces can be folded forwards together and form an enclosed space together with the first backrest piece, the base piece and the front enclosure piece. After the enclosed space is formed, the folding locking piece enters the clamping groove in the first folding piece and limits the folding mechanism, and then vehicle-mounted articles can be stored.

The present disclosure provides a scooter including a body, a seat assembly, a front wheel assembly, and a rear wheel assembly. The body is rotatably connected with the front wheel assembly and the rear wheel assembly and includes a deck, a support part, and a seat tube. The seat assembly includes a seat, the support part is connected with the deck and protrudes from the deck; the seat tube is connected with the support part and the seat assembly; the deck includes a bearing surface for a driver to put the feet thereon; an accommodating space is formed between the seat assembly and the bearing surface such that at least one foot is always below the seat when the driver drives by sitting on the seat or standing on the bearing surface. The scooter provided in the present disclosure can overcome the problem of a driver being allowed to drive with a single driving posture due to limited functions of an existing short-distance transportation vehicle.

In the conventional tricycle, generally the front frame, the rear frame and the seat tube are attached to the bottom bracket that carries pedal assembly. Between the bottom bracket and the rear frame, a joint is installed such that the seat tube and the handlebar may tilt to the left or right. Thereby the rider can cancel out the unwanted centrifugal force that occurs during high speed turning and pushes him to the opposite direction of the handlebar causing a fall down accident. Between the seat tube and the rear frame is installed a tiltable angle variable mechanism. By operating a hand lever on the handlebar the rider can vary the tiltable angle of the handlebar as needed, for high speed turning or for maintaining balance at low speeds.

Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles are described herein. An example height adjustable seat post includes an upper tube and a lower tube configured in a telescopic arrangement. The height adjustable seat post also includes a shaft coupled to the lower tube and extending into the upper tube a piston assembly coupled to the shaft and disposed in the upper tube. The piston assembly includes a piston dividing the upper tube into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first and second chambers are filled with fluid. The piston assembly includes a valve operable between a closed state in which the fluid is blocked from flowing between the first and second chambers and an open state to enable the fluid to flow between the first and second chambers. The height adjustable seat post also includes a solenoid to control the valve.

A system and method for modifying operational aspects of a suspension control system. The method receives a modification request and accesses a control system of one or more electronic components of a vehicle. The original operational aspect of one or more of the electronic components is modified based on the request. When a return request is received, the modified operational aspect of the one or more of the electronic components is returned back to its original operational aspect.