Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bicycle sprocket and multiple bicycle sprocket assembly
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Application No.: US15357369Application Date: 2016-11-21
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Publication No.: US10040510B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Akinobu Sugimoto , Yuki Hirose
- Applicant: Shimano Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Shimano Inc.
- Current Assignee: Shimano Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Main IPC: F16H55/30
- IPC: F16H55/30 ; B62M1/36 ; B62M9/10

Abstract:
A bicycle sprocket has a sprocket main body, a plurality of teeth disposed on the sprocket main body, and at least one shifting area. The teeth include at least one first tooth having a first maximum axial width and at least one second tooth having a second maximum axial width. The first maximum axial width is larger than the second maximum axial width. The first tooth is configured to engage with an outer link plate of a chain. The second tooth is configured to engage with an inner link plate of the chain. The at least one shifting area includes an area where a chain engages with one of the teeth during shifting from a small sprocket to the bicycle sprocket and an area where the chain separates from one of the teeth during a shifting action from the bicycle sprocket to the small sprocket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170066500A1 BICYCLE SPROCKET AND MULTIPLE BICYCLE SPROCKET ASEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
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