pedal

Abstract

Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axl

Description

(12) UK Patent Application (19)GB (11) 2702537 (13) A (43) Date of A Publication 17.06.2026 (30) Priority Data: YES (31) 17993662 (32) 23.11.2022 (33) US (31) 63285115 (32) 02.12.2021 (33) US (31) 63351945 (32) 14.06.2022 (33) US (31) 63414608 (32) 10.10.2022 (33) US (62) Divided from Application No:Y GB2408592.0 under Section 15(9) of the Patents Act 1977 (72) Inventor(s): Kenneth Belknap Matthew Mercier Mark Baptista (21) Application No: 2604403.2 (22) Date of Filing: 02.12.2022 Date Lodged: 27.02.2026 (51) INT CL: B62M 3 / 08 (2006.01) (56) Documents Cited: DE 475362 C EP 4559795 A1 TW M528946 U (58) Field of Search: INT CL: B62M Other: SEARCH-PATENT (54) Title of the Invention: Pedal Abstract Title: Pedal (71) Applicant(s): Kenneth Belknap 32750 Wright Road, Magnolia 77355, Texas, US (74) Agent and / or Address for Service: Venner Shipley LLP TIDE Bankside, 8 Emerson Street, London, SE1 9DU, GB (57) Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axle having a shaft adapted to extend into the internal cavity. The pedal body member may be adapted for transverse or side-to-side rotatable movement relative to a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be self-centering and include one or more springs (such as coil, leaf, cantilever, torsion, etc., for example) to apply force to move the pedal body member toward a home or resting position relative to the axle shaft. The pedal may be adapted so that the user's foot can be placed on either a top surface or a bottom surface of the pedal body member. [Fig 14] Search report under Section 17 of the Patents Act 1977 Application No.: GB2604403.2 Claims searched: 1-13 Date search completed: 5 May 2026 International classification Subclass and subgroup Valid from B62M3 / 08 01 / 01 / 2006 Field of search Worldwide search of patent documents classified in the following areas of the IPC: B62M Databases used in the preparation of this search report: SEARCH-PATENT Documents considered to be relevant Patent literature Category Relevant to claims Document of relevance A - DE 475362 C (FRIEDRICH ETTWEIN) – See figures A - EP 4559795 A1 (GOLEC MARCIN) – See figures A - TW M528946 U (JET RIDER CO LTD) – See figures Non-patent literature [None] Categories Letter or symbol Description 41 Letter or symbol Description X Document indicating lack of novelty or inventive step. Y Document indicating lack of inventive step, if combined with another document of the same category. & Member of the same patent family. A Document indicating technological background. P Document published on or after the priority date but before the filing date of the present application. E Earlier application published on or after the filing date of the present application. 42 摘要 本文提供了自行車或固定式自行車等設備的多種腳踏板的實施例。所述腳踏板可 包括具有內部空腔的腳踏板本體部件。所述腳踏板可包括㇐個具有可伸入內部空 腔的軸。所述腳踏板本體部件可以相對於車軸的縱軸進行橫向或左右旋轉運動。 所述腳踏板本體部件可以是自定心的，並且包含㇐個或多個彈簧（例如螺旋彈簧、 片簧、懸臂彈簧、扭簧等），以施加力使所述腳踏板本體部件相對於所述車軸移 動到初始位置或靜止位置。所述腳踏板可以進行調整，使用戶的腳可以放置在所 述腳踏板本體部件的上表面或下表面上。

Claims

1. A pedal comprising:a pedal body member having a shaft cavity;an axle including a threaded end and a shaft extending from the threaded end to a distal end, the shaft extending into the shaft cavity;a bearing secured to the pedal body member adjacent a first location on the shaft cavity, the axle shaft being rotatably mounted to the bearing adjacent a first location on the axle shaft, the bearing having a central pivot axis that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft, the pedal body member being adapted to rotate about the axle shaft and about the central pivot axis;a distal bearing rotatably mounted to the axle shaft adjacent a second location on the axle shaft, the first location on the axle shaft being spaced apart from the second location on the axle shaft;a sliding bearing block, the distal end of the axle shaft being rotatably mounted to the sliding bearing block, the sliding bearing block having a bore, the distal bearing being mounted within the bore;a forward spring disposed within the pedal body member and adapted to impart a force to the sliding bearing block to move the axle shaft toward a rear edge of pedal body member; anda rear spring disposed within the pedal body member and adapted to impart a force to the sliding bearing block to move the axle shaft toward a forward edge of the pedal body member.

2. The pedal of claim 1, in which upper and lower surfaces of the sliding bearing block include low friction material.

3. The pedal of claim 2, in which an upper sheet of acetal resin is attached to an upper surface of the sliding bearing block, and a lower sheet of acetal resin is attached to a lower surface of the sliding bearing block.

4. The pedal of any preceding claim, in which the sliding bearing block had an uppersurface and a lower surface, the upper surface of the sliding bearing block is in sliding engagement with an upper surface of a shaft cavity in the pedal body member, and the lower surface of the sliding bearing block is in sliding engagement with a lower surface of the shaft cavity.

5. The pedal of any of preceding claim, in which the forward spring is disposed in a forward spring bore in the pedal body member and the rear spring is disposed in a rear spring bore in the pedal body member, each of the forward and rear spring bores having a longitudinal axis disposed in generally perpendicular relationship to the longitudinal axis of the axle shaft when the pedal body member is in a resting position.

6. The pedal of any of preceding claim, wherein the bearing has a central pivot axisthat is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shaft of the axle, the pedal body member being adapted to rotate about the axle shaft and about the central pivot axis.

7. The pedal of claim 7, in which the pivot axis intersects the longitudinal axis.

8. The pedal of any preceding claim, in which a distal end of the shaft cavity iscovered with an end plate.

9. The pedal of claim 1, further including a forward bellcrank and a rear bellcrank, the forward bellcrank being rotatably mounted to the pedal body member and having a first end adapted for movement in response to movement of the forward spring and a second end adapted to impart force to a forward side of the sliding bearing block, and the rear bellcrank being rotatably mounted to the pedal body member and having a first end adapted for movement inresponse to movement of the rear spring and a second end adapted to impart force to a rear side of the sliding bearing block.

10. The pedal of claim 1, wherein the forward spring is disposed in a forward spring bore disposed in generally parallel relationship to a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft, and the rear spring is disposed in a rear spring bore disposed in generally parallel relationship to the longitudinal axis of the axle shaft.

11. The pedal of claim 1, further including a forward spring sleeve disposed for longitudinal movement within a forward spring bore in the pedal body member, a rear spring sleeve disposed for longitudinal movement within a rear spring bore in the pedal body member, a distal end of the forward spring sleeve being in contact with a forward edge of the sliding bearing block, a distal end of the rear spring sleeve being in contact with a rear edge of the sliding bearing block, the forward spring being partially disposed in the forward spring sleeve, and the rear spring being partially disposed in the rear spring sleeve.

12. The pedal of claim 1, wherein the forward spring is disposed in a forward spring bore and the rear spring is disposed in a rear spring bore, and further including a forward adjustable spring cap engaged with the forward spring bore and adapted to adjust tension in the forward spring, and a rear adjustable spring cap engaged with the rear spring bore and adapted to adjust tension in the rear spring.

13. The pedal of claim 1, further including a spherical bearing mount disposed in a recess in the pedal body member, and the bearing is a needle bearing that is secured within the spherical bearing mount.T +44(0)30 0300 2000A

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