Interchangeable Bicycle Pedal Body with Anti-Slip Coupling Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bicycle and exercise bike pedals are limited to a single purpose and lack versatility, as well as adequate friction and anti-slip performance.
Innovation Solution
A pedal design that includes a body with interchangeable components, such as a road-bike stepping assembly and a mountain-bike stepping assembly, along with a coupling plate and locking elements, allowing for adaptation to different cycling styles and enhancing traction through anti-slip features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional pedal uses two same operation surfaces for a single purpose, then the structure is simple, but the versatility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The pedal body is designed with a connection assembly that can accommodate multiple types of stepping assemblies (road-bike and mountain-bike styles) through standardized positioning protrusions and locking orifices, enabling one pedal body to serve multiple cycling purposes
2Adaptability or versatility
If a pedal is designed for multiple purposes with interchangeable components, then the versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pedal is divided into separable components: a permanent body with connection assembly, and interchangeable stepping assemblies that can be independently attached or removed, allowing users to swap between road-bike and mountain-bike stepping assemblies based on needs
Solution Approach 2:
The connection assembly incorporates locking orifices and positioning protrusions that enable dynamic reconfiguration of the pedal system, allowing users to change stepping assemblies during different usage scenarios
3Ease of manufacture
If a pedal uses standard screws for assembly, then the manufacturing is simple, but the friction and anti-slip effect is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
A coupling plate is introduced as an intermediary component between the connection assembly and the stepping assembly, providing both structural connection and enhanced friction surfaces with anti-slip bosses that improve traction while maintaining ease of assembly through standardized openings
Data Source
AI summary
A pedal for a bicycle or an exercise bike contains: a body. The body includes a road-bike stepping assembly, a connection assembly, two positioning protrusions secured on two sides of the connection assembly, respectively, and a plurality of locking orifices defined on the connection assembly. The connection assembly is screwed with a mountain-bike stepping assembly by way of multiple screws, the mountain-bike stepping assembly includes two engaging trenches mating with the two positioning protrusions, individually, and the mountain-bike stepping assembly also includes a plurality of through apertures cooperating with the plurality of locking orifices, respectively. The connection assembly is screwed with a coupling plate by using the multiple screws, the coupling plate includes two retaining grooves mating with the two positioning protrusions, respectively, and the coupling plate also includes multiple openings cooperating with the plurality of locking orifices, respectively.