TWM559843U - Bicycle to fold quickly - Google Patents

Abstract

A bicycle includes a front frame, a rear frame, a latching member and a control cable. The front and rear frames are pivotally connected to each other, the front frame has a docking seat, and the rear frame has a plug connector. The plug connector of the rear frame is detachably inserted into the docking seat of the front frame, and the latching member protrudes into the socket of the front frame by a latching portion and is inserted into the plug connector of the rear frame In order to avoid the plug connector of the rear frame coming out of the socket of the front frame, the control cable is connected with the latch member at one end thereof, and when the control cable is pulled, the latch member will be disengaged from the plug connector of the rear frame, so that The plug connector of the frame can be separated from the socket of the front frame, and the front and rear frames can be pivoted to perform the folding operation.

Description

Bicycle that can be quickly folded

This creation is related to bicycles, especially a bicycle that can be quickly folded.

Most of the current bicycles have a foldable design, which can effectively reduce the volume after folding without occupying too much space, and can also achieve the convenience of carrying. However, in the conventional technique, the rider usually uses one of the hands to unlock the folding mechanism, and at the same time, using the other hand to grasp the position where the force is easily applied (for example, a seat cushion), the frame is folded, so that the operation is performed. It takes a lot of time and effort, and it is quite inconvenient.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a bicycle that can be quickly folded, which is simple in structure and convenient to operate, so as to increase the convenience in use.

In order to achieve the above object, the bicycle of the present invention comprises a front frame, a rear frame, a latching member, an elastic member and a control cable. The front frame has a socket; the rear frame pivotally connects to the front frame and has a plug connector, and the plug connector is detachably inserted into the socket of the front frame; the latch has a a latching portion, the latching portion is located in the socket of the front frame, and the latching member is clamped to the plug connector of the rear frame by the latching portion to avoid the plug connector of the rear frame Pulling out the socket of the front frame; the elastic member abuts against the front frame and the latching member for providing an elastic force to the latching member, so that the latching portion of the latching member is attached to the latching portion a plug connector of the rear frame; the control cable is connected to the latch member at one end thereof, and when the control cable is pulled, the latch member overcomes the elastic force of the elastic member and is separated from the plug connector of the rear frame, so that the rear The frame connector of the frame can be separated from the socket of the front frame.

It can be seen from the above that the bicycle of the present invention uses the pulling of the control cable to control the engagement and separation between the socket and the plug connector, so that the rider can fold the front and rear frames quite easily and conveniently. In order to achieve the purpose of increasing the convenience of use.

The detailed construction, features, assembly or use of the bicycle provided by this creation will be described in the detailed description of the subsequent embodiments. However, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the detailed description and specific embodiments of the present invention are merely used to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the patent application.

The technical content and features of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the directionality of "front", "back", "top", "bottom" and the like mentioned in the contents of the specification. The terminology used is merely an illustrative term used on the basis of the normal use direction of the bicycle 10, and is not intended to limit the scope of the claim.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, the bicycle 10 of the present invention includes a front frame 20, a rear frame 30, a latching member 40, an elastic member 50, and a control cable 60.

The front frame 20 has a tube 21, a socket 22 and a holder 25. The socket body 22 has a body 23 and a cover plate 24. The base body 23 is fixed to the rear side of the seat tube 21 and has a insertion slot 232 and a latching slot 234. The latching slot 234 forms a side behind the seat body 23. The first opening 236, the top end of the latching groove 234 forms a second opening 238 on the top surface of the base body 23. The bottom end of the latching slot 234 directly communicates with the latching slot 232, and the cover panel 24 is locked to the rear side of the base body 23. The cover plate 24 covers the first opening 236 of the latching groove 234, and the cover plate 24 further has an axial through hole 242 coaxially communicating with the insertion slot 232; the retaining seat 25 is fixed to the rear side of the seat tube 21 and has a supporting portion 252 and a holding portion 254, the bottom end of the supporting portion 252 is connected to the top surface of the seat body 23 and adjacent to the second opening 238 of the latching groove 234. The holding portion 254 is connected to the top end of the supporting portion 252 and has a through portion. A retaining hole 256 at both ends of the top and bottom.

The front end of the rear frame 30 is pivotally connected to the rear end of the front frame 20. The rear frame 30 has a pair of rear lower forks 31, a receiving seat 32 and a plug connector 33. The receiving seat 32 is disposed at a front end of the rear lower fork 31 and has a fixing hole 322. The plug connector 33 has a buffer block 34 and a rod member 35. The buffer block 34 is made of an elastic material (such as rubber) and has a through hole. The shaft hole 342 of the rear end has a head portion 352 and a body portion 354. The body portion 354 is disposed through the shaft hole 342 of the buffer block 34 and the fixing hole 322 of the receiving seat 32. The outer portion of the body 354 protrudes outwardly from the fixing hole 322 and has a threaded portion 356. The nut 36 is locked to the body of the rod 35 by a nut 36. The threaded portion 356 of the portion 354 causes the rod member 35, the buffer block 34 and the receiving seat 32 to be fixed to each other. Further, the plug connector 33 further has a spacer ring 37, and the spacer ring 37 is fixed to the front end surface of the buffer block 34 (ie, The buffer block 34 faces the end surface of the socket 22 and is pierced by the front end of the body 354 of the lever member 35.

The top end of the latching member 40 has a receiving portion 41 and a receiving groove 42 formed on the receiving portion 41. The bottom end of the latching member 40 has a latching portion 43. The positioning hole 44 of the groove 42 , a connecting groove 45 below the connecting positioning hole 44 and a locking hole 46 connecting the lower dividing groove 45 , wherein the hole wall of the positioning hole 44 has two first and lower opposing planes 442 . In addition, as shown in the third and fourth figures, the latching member 40 is assembled with the socket 22 by a positioning member 47. The positioning member 47 has a bolt 48 and a nut 49. The bolt 48 is inserted through the latching member. The positioning hole 44 of the 40 has a positioning portion 482, the positioning portion 482 has a radial through hole 484, and the outer peripheral surface of the positioning portion 482 has two second and lower opposing planes 486, by the first and second cutting planes. The corresponding engagement of the 442 and the 486 causes the bolt 48 not to rotate arbitrarily in the positioning hole 44. The nut 49 is locked to the bolt 48 and abuts against the top surface of the socket seat 22, so that the latching member 40 is blocked. The effect is not lost to the entire docking station 22. Thereby, after the assembly is completed, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper half of the latching member 40 protrudes upward from the latching slot 234 of the socket 22, and the lower half of the latching member 40 is inserted. The second opening 238 of the latching slot 234 of the socket 22 extends into the latching slot 234 of the latching seat 22, and the latching portion 43 of the latching member 40 is located in the latching slot 232 of the latching seat 22.

The top end of the elastic member 50 abuts against the bottom surface of the holding portion 254 of the retaining seat 25, and the bottom end of the elastic member 50 abuts against the receiving portion 41 of the latching member 40 for providing elastic force to the latching member 40 toward the socket. The direction of 22 is pushed.

The control cable 60 has a cable head 61, a cable body 62 and a sleeve 63. As shown in the third and fourth figures, the cable head 61 is snapped into the latching hole 46 of the latching member 40, and one end of the cable body 62 is sequentially disposed from above to below with the slot 42 and the bolt above the latching member 40. The radial through hole 484 of the 48 and the lower groove 45 of the clamping member 40 are connected to the cable head 61. The other end of the cable body 62 is connected with a control handle 70 (as shown in FIG. 5), and the control handle 70 is borrowed. A set of rings 72 is mounted to a handle frame 74 such that the control cable 60 can pull the latch member 40 through the cable head 62 by controlling the actuation of the handle 70. As for the sleeve 63 covering the cable body 62 and passing through the retaining hole 256 of the retaining seat 25, the control cable 60 is held in position without arbitrarily shaking.

It can be seen from the above structure that when the front and rear frames 20 and 30 are to be combined, the head 352 of the plug connector 33 is inserted into the insertion slot 232 of the socket 22, during the insertion process, as shown in FIG. The head 352 of the plug connector 33 pushes up the latching portion 43 of the latching member 40, and the thrust received by the latching portion 43 of the latching member 40 overcomes the application of the resilient member 50 to the latching member 40. When the force is applied, the head 352 of the plug connector 33 can be fully inserted into the insertion slot 232 of the socket 22, and as shown in Fig. 7, the elastic force applied to the latch member 40 by the elastic member 50 causes the card to be jammed. The member 40 is abutted by the latching portion 43 and snapped over the head 352 of the plug connector 33 to prevent the plug connector 33 from being disengaged from the plug connector 22, thus completing the combination of the front and rear frames 30. As for the combination of the front and rear frames 30, as shown in Fig. 7, the buffer block 34 of the plug connector 33 can cushion the vibration generated during the riding, and the spacer ring 37 of the plug connector 33 is adjacent to The cover 24 of the socket 22 allows the gap between the plug connector 33 and the socket 22 to be eliminated by the spacer ring 37 to avoid the mutual occurrence of the gap between the two. collision.

Conversely, when the front and rear frames 20, 30 are to be folded, the control handle 70 is used to pull the control cable 60, and then the control cable 60 will further pull the latch member 40, when the latch member 40 overcomes the elastic force of the elastic member 50. When the latching portion 43 is disengaged from the head 352 of the plug connector 33, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the head 352 of the plug connector 33 can be disengaged from the insertion slot 232 of the plug connector 22, so that the front, The rear frames 20, 30 are folded.

According to the spirit of this creation, the structure of this creation can vary. For example, the socket 22 is not necessarily disposed in the seat tube 21 of the front frame 20, and the plug connector 33 is not necessarily provided in the socket 32 of the rear frame 30, as long as the positions between the two can be matched with each other; The cable 60 does not have to be fitted with the control handle 70 as long as the accessory that allows the rider to easily pull the control cable 60 is used.

In summary, the bicycle 10 of the present invention utilizes the pulling of the control cable 60 to achieve a quick snap-and-separate effect between the docking seat 22 and the plug connector 33, so that the rider can easily and conveniently operate the front and rear. The folding of the frames 20 and 30 further increases the convenience of use.

10‧‧‧Bicycle
20‧‧‧ front frame
21‧‧‧ seat tube
22‧‧‧ Socket
23‧‧‧
232‧‧‧plug slot
234‧‧‧ card slot
236‧‧‧ first opening
238‧‧‧ second opening
24‧‧‧ Cover
242‧‧‧Axial perforation
25‧‧‧Keeping seat
252‧‧‧Support
254‧‧‧ Keeping Department
256‧‧‧ Keeping holes
30‧‧‧ rear frame
31‧‧‧ rear fork
32‧‧‧ socket
322‧‧‧Fixed holes
33‧‧‧ Plug connector
34‧‧‧ Buffer block
342‧‧‧ shaft hole
35‧‧‧ rods
352‧‧‧ head
354‧‧‧ Body
356‧‧ Thread segment
36‧‧‧ nuts
37‧‧‧ spacer ring
40‧‧‧ Cards
41‧‧‧Attendance
42‧‧‧Upper gully
43‧‧‧Card Department
44‧‧‧Positioning holes
442‧‧‧ first cut plane
45‧‧‧Under the ditch
46‧‧‧ card hole
47‧‧‧ Positioning parts
48‧‧‧ bolt
482‧‧‧ Positioning Department
484‧‧‧radial perforation
486‧‧‧second cut plane
49‧‧‧ nuts
50‧‧‧Flexible parts
60‧‧‧Control cable
61‧‧‧Suotou
62‧‧‧ body
63‧‧‧ casing
70‧‧‧Control handle
72‧‧‧ collar
74‧‧‧Handle

The first picture shows the appearance of the bicycle of the creation. Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the bicycle of the present invention, mainly showing the plug connector of the rear frame inserted into the socket of the front frame. Figure 3 is a partial exploded perspective view of the bicycle of the present invention. Figure 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the bicycle of the present invention, mainly showing the structural relationship between the docking seat, the latching member and the control cable. Figure 5 is a partial perspective view of the bicycle of the present invention, mainly showing that one end of the control cable is connected with the control handle. Figure 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the bicycle of the present invention, mainly showing the head of the plug connector pushing the top of the latching portion of the latching member upward. Figure 7 is similar to Figure 6, which mainly shows that the head of the plug connector is clamped to the latch portion of the latch member. Figure 8 is similar to Figure 7, which mainly shows the insertion slot of the plug connector's head out of the socket. Figure 9 is similar to Figure 2, mainly showing that the head of the plug connector is removed from the socket of the socket.

Claims (10)

A bicycle includes: a front frame having a socket; a rear frame pivotally connecting the front frame and having a plug connector detachably inserted into the front frame a latching member having a latching portion in the socket of the front frame, the latching member being snapped into the connector of the rear frame by the latching portion to avoid the rear axle The plug connector of the rack is detached from the socket of the front frame; an elastic member is abutted against the front frame and the latching member for providing elastic force to the latching member, so that the latching member of the latching member a connector attached to the rear frame; a control cable connected to the latch member at one end thereof, when the control cable is pulled, the latch member overcomes the elastic force of the elastic member to disengage the latch portion The plug connector of the rear frame enables the plug connector of the rear frame to be disengaged from the docking seat of the front frame. The bicycle of claim 1, wherein the socket has a slot and a card slot that communicates with the slot, and the connector of the rear frame is detachably inserted into the slot. The latching portion of the latching member is inserted into the latching slot through the latching slot. The bicycle according to claim 2, wherein the socket has a body and a cover, the base has a socket and the card slot, and the card slot is on a side of the body facing the connector Forming a first opening, the top end of the card slot forming a second opening on the top surface of the base body, the bottom end of the card slot is connected to the insertion slot, and the cover plate is disposed on the socket body toward the plug connector One side of the cover and a first opening of the card slot, the cover having an opening coaxially communicating with the insertion slot. The bicycle of claim 3, wherein the front frame further has a retaining seat, the retaining seat has a supporting portion and a retaining portion, the bottom end of the supporting portion is connected to the top surface of the docking seat and adjacent to a second opening of the card slot, the holding portion is connected to the top end of the support portion and has a holding hole, the control cable has a cable body and a sleeve disposed on the cable body, and the one end of the cable body is connected to the cable The clamping member is disposed in the retaining hole. The bicycle of claim 4, wherein the latching member further has a receiving portion, and the receiving portion protrudes outside the latching slot through the second opening of the latching slot, and the two ends of the elastic member are respectively topped Abutting against the holding portion of the holder and the receiving portion of the latch member. The bicycle of claim 4, wherein the latching member has a latching hole, the control cable has a cable head, the cable head is connected to one end of the cable body and is engaged with the latching hole of the latching member . The bicycle of claim 6, wherein the latching member further has an upper cutting groove disposed on the receiving portion, a positioning hole located above the engaging hole and communicating with the upper cutting groove and a connecting lower groove for connecting the positioning a hole is formed in the hole, the latching member is disposed on the socket by a positioning member, the positioning member has a bolt and a nut, and the bolt is disposed in the positioning hole of the latch member and has a diameter To the perforation, the nut is disposed on the bolt and abuts against the top surface of the socket; the cable body of the control cable is sequentially disposed from the top to the bottom of the slot, the radial direction of the bolt The perforation and the groove under the clamping element. The bicycle of claim 7, wherein the hole wall of the positioning hole has a first flattening, the bolt has a positioning portion, and the positioning portion is disposed in the positioning hole of the latching member and has the radial through hole. The outer peripheral mask of the positioning portion has a second tangent plane, and the first and second tangent planes correspond to each other. The bicycle of claim 1, wherein the plug connector has a buffer block and a rod member, the buffer block having a shaft hole, the rod member having a body and a head portion, the body portion being disposed in the buffer block In the shaft hole, the head is connected to one end of the body and outside the shaft hole of the buffer block, and the plug connector is clamped to the latch portion of the latch member by the head of the rod. The bicycle of claim 9, wherein the plug connector further has a spacer ring disposed on the buffer block facing an end surface of the socket and being worn by the body of the rod. The spacer ring is adjacent to the socket when the head of the connector is clamped to the latch portion of the latch member.