Handlebar mountable light pipe apparatus for a bicycle
A technology for installing devices and bicycles, which is applied to bicycle accessories, lighting devices, cooling/heating devices for lighting devices, etc., and can solve the problems of not being able to add bicycles and expensive production
Active Publication Date: 2018-07-31
KARBON KINETICS LLC
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The one-piece molded design was custom-made for an Audi bicycle prototype and, as such, was particularly expensive to produce
The design will not work with common accessible bicycle handlebar and stem designs and cannot be retrofitted on existing bicycles
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[0024] Referring now to the accompanying drawings, figure 1 The mounting position of the handlebar light 1 mounted to the bicycle 2 is shown. In this embodiment, the handlebars are supported by a riser that extends upward and forward from the upper end of the bicycle steerer tube.
[0025] figure 2 A bicycle light is shown comprising a light tube according to the invention, in particular mounted to a handlebar 3 and arranged between brake levers 4 . exist figure 2 In the embodiment shown, the handlebar 3 is supported by a stem tube 9 (as an extension of the bicycle steering tube) extending in a substantially vertical direction.
[0026]The bicycle light comprises a housing formed by an upper housing 5 and a lower housing 6, preferably made of injection molded plastic material. The covers 5 and 6 are clamshells capable of receiving the center portion of the handlebar 3 and holding the light tube assembly 7 securely. The shells 5 and 6 are preferably held together by shel...
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There is described a handlebar mountable bicycle light for fitting to a bicycle handlebar (3) between brake levers (4). The bicycle light comprises an upper cover (5) and a lower cover (6) which are preferably made from injection moulded plastics and of a clam shell type arrangement able to receive handlebar (3) and rigidly retain light pipe assembly (7) with cover screws (8). Lower cover (6) contains an aperture (14) through which the handlebar stem (9) extends. The light pipe assembly (7) comprises a transparent rod -like light pipe (18) with LEDs (26) mounted at each end of the light pipe (18). The light pipe assembly 7 further includes heat sinks (24) to draw heat away from the LEDs (26). The arrangement is such that when the bicycle light is mounted to the handlebar, the heat sinks (24) are in contact with the handlebar so that heat from the LEDs may be conducted via the heat sinks (24) to the handlebar material.
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technical field [0001] In the field of bicycles, there are many types of lights that are mounted to the handlebar. Typically, bicycle lights mounted to the handlebar use light emitting diodes (LEDs) to generate light. The LEDs are usually housed in an opaque metal or plastic housing so that when the light is mounted to the bicycle, the rider's eyes are protected from the light. A transparent portion is included at the front of the lamp housing so that the light is emitted generally forward. Some vehicle lights have more complex designs that include mirrors and lens elements to reflect and focus light in specific directions, or to provide a predetermined brightness distribution, or to form images or patterns. The lens element may be separate, or may be included in the clear portion of the lamp housing, while the mirror element is usually located at the rear and to the side of the LEDs to reflect and focus light forward and outward through the clear portion or lens. Backgrou...
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IPC IPC(8): B62J6/02B62K21/12
CPCB62K21/12B62J6/029B62J6/03F21V29/70G02B6/0001F21Y2103/30F21Y2115/10F21W2107/13
Inventor R·B·索普P·安焦利尼
Owner KARBON KINETICS LLC