Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pivoting chainring assembly
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Application No.: US15216405Application Date: 2016-07-21
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Publication No.: US09944347B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: James Cooke
- Applicant: SRAM, LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: SRAM, LLC
- Current Assignee: SRAM, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B62M3/00
- IPC: B62M3/00 ; B62M1/36 ; B62M9/12

Abstract:
A pivotable chainring assembly for a bicycle includes a chainring and a carrier. The carrier includes an annular bearing and a pivot attachment portion. The annular bearing includes an inner race and an outer race. The outer race of the annular bearing is rotatable about a crank axis. The chainring is physically connected to and rotatably fixed relative to the outer race of the annular bearing. The inner race of the annular bearing is physically connected to and rotationally fixed relative to the pivot attachment portion. The pivot attachment portion has a pivot axis disposed a distance from the crank axis. The chainring is rotatable about the crank axis and rotatable about the pivot axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180022414A1 PIVOTING CHAINRING ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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