公开(公告)号：US06125973A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-03

申请号：US222331

申请日：1998-12-29

申请人： Mark W. Irvine

发明人： Mark W. Irvine

IPC分类号： F16D65/092 ,  F16D65/14 ,  F16D69/00 ,  F16D69/04 ,  B62L3/00

CPC分类号： F16D69/04 ,  F16D65/092 ,  F16D2069/007 ,  F16D2125/587

摘要： A brake pad holder designed for adjustably mounting a bicycle brake pad to a brake caliper arm. The brake pad holder is designed to maintain the mounting arm thereof in an orthogonal orientation with respect to the brake caliper arm, while the brake pad holder is adjustable in three degrees of motion. The brake pad is removable for repair and replacement thereof, independently from the brake pad mount or other components of the brake pad assembly. The brake pad mount defines a threaded opening for receiving a screw which, when installed, is received within a recess defined by the brake pad. A mounting arm receptor is defined in the bottom wall of the brake pad mount and defines a concave interior configuration which defines a cavity between the mounting arm receptor and the brake pad. A through opening is centrally defined for receiving the mounting arm. The mounting arm is a bolt having a head configured to be received within the cavity defined between the mounting arm receptor and the brake pad. The head defines a lower surface defining a convex configuration to cooperate with the concave mounting arm receptor. A bearing washer is disposed on the exterior of the brake pad mount and defines a concave receptor for receiving the convex exterior of the mounting arm receptor, thus allowing the brake pad mount to move in either of the x-, y- or z-axes, independent of the mounting arm. Flat washers are used as spacers for positioning the braking surface of the brake pad at a selected distance from the wheel rim. A nut is provided for tightening the brake pad mount in a selected orientation.

摘要翻译： 一个制动垫座，设计用于将自行车刹车片可调节地安装到制动钳臂上。 制动衬块支架被设计成将其安装臂相对于制动钳臂保持在正交取向，同时制动衬块支架可以三个运动方式调节。 独立于制动衬块安装件或制动衬块组件的其他部件，制动衬块可拆卸以进行修理和更换。 制动衬块安装件限定了用于容纳螺钉的螺纹开口，螺钉在安装时被容纳在由制动衬块限定的凹部内。 安装臂接收器限定在制动衬块底座的底壁中，并且限定了凹形内部构造，其限定了安装臂接收器和制动衬块之间的空腔。 中心限定了通孔，用于接收安装臂。 安装臂是具有头部的螺栓，头部被构造成容纳在限定在安装臂接收器和制动衬块之间的空腔内。 头限定了限定凸构型的下表面，以与凹形安装臂受体配合。 轴承垫圈设置在制动衬块安装件的外部，并且限定用于接收安装臂接收器的凸出外部的凹形接收器，从而允许制动衬块安装件在x轴，y轴或z轴中的任一个 ，独立于安装臂。 平垫圈用作间隔件，用于将制动衬块的制动表面定位在距轮缘一定距离处。 提供了一个螺母，用于沿选定的方向拧紧制动衬块。

公开(公告)号：US6079523A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-27

申请号：US94843

申请日：1998-06-15

申请人： Mark W. Irvine

发明人： Mark W. Irvine

IPC分类号： B62L1/14 ,  B62L3/02 ,  B62L3/00

CPC分类号： B62L1/14 ,  B62L3/02

摘要： A bicycle hand brake assembly designed to include minimal parts in order to reduce risk of failure of the entire brake system as a result of failure of one of the parts. The assembly includes first and second brake arms disposed on either side of the bicycle frame. Each of the first and second brake arms defines a lower end which is pivotally mounted to the bicycle frame on either side of a wheel. A brake pad mount is mounted to each of the first and second brake arms for mounting a brake pad thereto via mounting screws such that it may be replaced in the event of failure, or may be reversed to improve clearance and/or generate a varied braking force. The first brake arm defines an upper end terminating above an upper end of the second brake arm, and at an approximate center line of the assembly. The second brake arm terminates at a point approximately above the lower end thereof. A first brake cable slot is defined by the upper end of the first brake arm for receiving a portion of the brake cable. The second brake arm defines a second brake cable slot for receiving a portion of the brake cable. Both the first and second brake cable slots are configured to be in alignment when the assembly is mounted on a bicycle, thereby allowing the brake cable to be routed directly from the first brake arm to the second brake arm without requiring any bending thereof. This arrangement eliminates cable guides, linkages and cable hangers, reduces cable function, eliminates moving parts and improves clearance while generating improved braking force.

摘要翻译： 一种自行车手制动器组件，其设计为包括最小部件，以便减少由于其中一个部件的故障而引起的整个制动系统故障的风险。 组件包括设置在自行车车架两侧的第一和第二制动臂。 第一和第二制动臂中的每一个限定了在车轮的任一侧枢转地安装到自行车车架的下端。 制动衬块安装件安装到每个第一和第二制动臂上，用于通过安装螺钉将制动衬块安装到其上，使得可以在发生故障的情况下更换刹车片，或者可以颠倒以改善间隙和/或产生变化的制动 力。 第一制动臂限定了在第二制动臂的上端上方并且在组件的大致中心线处终止的上端。 第二制动臂在大致高于其下端的点终止。 第一制动器电缆槽由第一制动臂的上端限定，用于接收制动电缆的一部分。 第二制动臂限定用于接收制动电缆的一部分的第二制动器电缆槽。 当组件安装在自行车上时，第一和第二制动器电缆槽都被构造成对准，从而允许制动电缆从第一制动臂直接路由到第二制动臂，而不需要任何弯曲。 这种布置消除了电缆引导件，连杆和电缆吊架，减少了电缆功能，消除了移动部件，并提高了间隙，同时产生了改进的制动力。

公开(公告)号：US5499698A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-19

申请号：US501955

申请日：1995-07-13

申请人： Mark W. Irvine

发明人： Mark W. Irvine

IPC分类号： B60T17/22 ,  B62L1/00 ,  B62L1/06 ,  F16F9/00

CPC分类号： B60T17/221 ,  B62L1/005

摘要： A small and portable gaping tool in a first embodiment generally comprising a pivotal or hinge connection between two elongated arm members allowing distal ends of the arms to be pivoted toward and away from one another. A connected spring member biases the distal ends of the arms toward one another. The distal end of each arm includes a pivotally supported shim plate extending perpendicular to the arm. With the arms manually pulled into an open or spread position, the shim plates are located one on each oppositely disposed side of a bicycle wheel, wherein the spring member drawing the arms inward secures the tool in place with clamping frictional pressure. The pivotal aspect of the pivotally attached shim plates allow the shims to adjust to varying slopes of different bike wheel sides so as to lay flat thereagainst. The shims are about three millimeters in thickness for example, and are used to shim out the rearward or toe end of bicycle caliper brake pads in adjusting the pads for proper toe-out. One version of the invention includes a shim plate of proper thickness having a tacky adhesive on at least one side thereof to hold the shim plate temporarily in place between the wheel side and adjacent brake pad to provide the toe-out angle setting, and after the toe-out is secured the adhesively held shim plate is removed.

摘要翻译： 第一实施例中的小型便携式缝隙工具通常包括两个细长臂构件之间的枢转或铰链连接，允许臂的远端彼此远离或远离枢转。 连接的弹簧构件将臂的远端朝向彼此偏压。 每个臂的远端包括垂直于臂延伸的可枢转地支撑的垫板。 手臂将手臂拉入打开或展开位置时，垫板位于自行车车轮的每个相对设置的一侧，其中拉伸臂的弹簧构件以夹紧摩擦压力将工具固定在适当位置。 枢转安装的垫板的关键方面允许垫片适应不同自行车轮侧的不同斜率，以便平放在其上。 例如，垫片的厚度约为3毫米，并用于在调整垫子以适当的脚尖时，将自行车卡钳刹车片的向后或脚趾末端排出。 本发明的一个方案包括适当厚度的垫板，在其至少一侧具有粘性粘合剂，以将垫板临时保持在轮侧和相邻制动衬块之间的适当位置，以提供脚尖设置，并且在 趾部固定固定的粘贴垫片被移除。