WO2001038164A1 - Bicycle connecting element, particularly for connecting carbon rear forks to frames - Google Patents

Bicycle connecting element, particularly for connecting carbon rear forks to frames Download PDF

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WO2001038164A1
WO2001038164A1 PCT/EP2000/011523 EP0011523W WO0138164A1 WO 2001038164 A1 WO2001038164 A1 WO 2001038164A1 EP 0011523 W EP0011523 W EP 0011523W WO 0138164 A1 WO0138164 A1 WO 0138164A1
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Fausto Pinarello
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Cicli Pinarello S.R.L.
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Priority to JP2001539735A priority patent/JP2003514717A/en
Priority to US09/869,652 priority patent/US6626604B1/en
Priority to AT00988729T priority patent/ATE298297T1/en
Priority to EP00988729A priority patent/EP1147043B1/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
    • B62K19/00—Cycle frames
    • B62K19/18—Joints between frame members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B7/00—Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections
    • F16B7/04—Clamping or clipping connections
    • F16B7/0406—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being coaxial
    • F16B7/0413—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being coaxial for tubes using the innerside thereof
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7041—Interfitted members including set screw
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7062—Clamped members
    • Y10T403/7064—Clamped members by wedge or cam
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7062—Clamped members
    • Y10T403/7064—Clamped members by wedge or cam
    • Y10T403/7066—Clamped members by wedge or cam having actuator
    • Y10T403/7067—Threaded actuator
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7075—Interfitted members including discrete retainer
    • Y10T403/7077—Interfitted members including discrete retainer for telescoping members
    • Y10T403/7079—Transverse pin
    • Y10T403/7084—Bolt, rivet, or screw
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7075—Interfitted members including discrete retainer
    • Y10T403/7077—Interfitted members including discrete retainer for telescoping members
    • Y10T403/7079—Transverse pin
    • Y10T403/7086—Wedge pin

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  • the present invention relates to a connecting element, particularly for 5 connecting carbon monostays to bicycle frames.
  • Carbon front forks and rear monostays are currently increasingly used, in particular for competitive racing bicycles.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the above problems, eliminating the drawbacks of the cited prior art, by providing an element which allows to use a non-permanent connection system thereby allowing 30 the carbon monostay to be detachably connected to the frame.
  • an important object of the present invention is to provide an element which allows to obtain a connection which adequately withstands the stresses applied during sports practice.
  • Another object is to provide an element which maintains the rigidity and low- weight characteristics of the carbon rear fork or monostay.
  • Another object is to provide an element which is structurally simple and has low manufacturing costs.
  • a connecting element particularly for connecting rear forks, also known as monostays, made of carbon to bicycle frames, characterized in that it comprises a first insert and a second insert which are mutually detachably associable at a first end by way of a mechanical connection means, said first and second inserts being respectively associated, at a second end, advantageously by way of adhesives, with the stem of said carbon monostay, and being associable with, or rigidly coupled to, a tubular extension of said frame.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a detail of a bicycle frame with a monostay connected by means of the connecting element according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a first transverse sectional view of the first insert
  • Figure 3 is a front view of a first insert
  • Figure 4 is a second transverse sectional view of the first insert
  • Figure 5 is a side view of the first insert
  • Figure 6 is a side view of a second insert
  • Figure 7 is a first transverse sectional view of the second insert
  • Figure 8 is a second transverse sectional view of the second insert
  • Figure 9 is a lateral sectional view of the invention.
  • Figure 10 is an exploded view of the invention. Ways to carrying out the Invention With reference to the figures, the reference numeral 1 designates a bicycle frame, advantageously made of metallic materials, particularly alloys of steel or aluminum.
  • Said frame has, beneath and behind the saddle, toward the hub of a rear wheel, a tubular extension 2 which is internally hollow and is advantageously circular, oval or teardrop-shaped.
  • a monostay designated by the reference numeral 3 and made of carbon, is to be applied to said frame 1 and has, in an upward region, a stem 4 for connection to a pair of lateral wings for connection to the hub of the wheel.
  • a connecting element designated by the reference numeral 5
  • the first insert 6 and second insert 7 are detachably associable with each other at a first end, designated by the reference numerals 8a and 8b respectively.
  • the first end 8b of said second insert 7 has a first axial seat, designated by the reference numeral 9, which is shaped complementarily to said first end 8a of said first insert 6, for the insertion thereof and its subsequent detachable coupling.
  • a first circular through hole 10 is provided radially with respect to the lateral surface of said first end 8a and is suitable for the passage of appropriate means for mechanical connection between said first insert 6 and said second insert 7.
  • the first end 8b also is radially provided with a second hole, designated by the reference numeral 11, which is coaxial to said first hole 10 but has a smaller diameter than said first hole and is not a through hole.
  • a bolt designated by the reference numeral 12 which is composed of a screw 13 and a nut 14, which interact with a registration pin 15 which is positioned beforehand inside said first end 8a, at a suitable second seat which is designated by the reference numeral 16 and is formed at the longitudinal central axis.
  • the registration pin 15 is advantageously designed to prevent the rotation of said nut 14 with respect to said screw 13.
  • the head of said screw 13 is wider than the diameter of said second hole 11, so that once said first end 8a has been inserted in said first seat 9 of said first end 8b, the activation of the head of said bolt 12 causes an axial movement, in opposite directions, of said screw 13 and said nut 14.
  • the free ends of said screw 13 and said nut 14 rest and abut against facing and complementarily shaped walls 17 which are internal to said first end 8b of said second insert 7; this entails the mutual locking of the two components.
  • the first insert 6 and the second insert 7 have, in opposite positions with respect to the respective first ends 8a and 8b, second ends which are respectively designated by the reference numerals 18a and 18b.
  • the second end 18a has a larger cross-section than said first end 8a, which is connected thereto by means of a wing, designated by the reference numeral 19, which advantageously has the same shape and dimensions as the outer surface of the stem 4 of said monostay 3.
  • the stem 4 has, in its end part, a third axial seat, designated by the reference numeral 20, inside which it is possible to insert, advantageously by gluing, said second end 18a, whose outside diameter is approximately equal to the inside diameter of said third seat. If allowed by the materials, said tubular extension 2 is appropriately rigidly coupled to said second insert 7 by stable connection or by casting during the manufacture of the frame.
  • the reference numeral 1 designates a frame which has a tubular extension 2 which is advantageously rigidly coupled, for example during casting, to a second insert 7.
  • a first insert 6 is inserted, advantageously with the application of adhesive, in the third seat 20 formed in a monostay 3 of a frame 1, so that the wing 19 abuts against the edge of said monostay.
  • a registration pin 15 is then placed in the appropriate second seat 16 formed inside the first end 8a of said first insert 6.
  • the registration pin is designed to support a bolt 12 during the insertion thereof in a first hole 10 formed in the first end 8a of said first insert 6.

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Abstract

A connecting element, particularly for connecting rear forks, also known as monostays, made of carbon to bicycle frames. The connecting element is constituted by a first insert (6) and a second insert (7) which are mutually detachably associable at a first end (8a, 8b) by way of mechanical connection element (12). The first (6) and second (7) inserts are respectively associated, at a second end (18a, 18b), advantageously by way of adhesives, with the stem (4) of a carbon monostay (3), and are associable with, or rigidly coupled to, a tubular extension (2) of the frame (1).

Description

BICYCLE CONNECTING ELEMENT, PARΗCULARLY FOR CONNECTING CARBON REAR FORKS TO FRAMES
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a connecting element, particularly for 5 connecting carbon monostays to bicycle frames. Background art
Carbon front forks and rear monostays are currently increasingly used, in particular for competitive racing bicycles.
This choice is due to the need to have bicycle frames which combine 10 high rigidity with great lightness, and this need is effectively met by carbon- based materials.
When manufacturing frames, for example made of metallic alloys of steel or aluminum, it is necessary to deal with the problem of interconnecting a carbon element, the rear fork, and a metal element, i.e., the frame or a part 15 thereof.
The prior art related to the use of carbon rear forks or monostays provides, as a solution to the described problem, for the use of adhesives between the two parts, which are shaped appropriately so as to be mutually interlocked. 20 The disadvantage of this system is the fact that the connection, once provided, is permanent and the monostay or rear fork can no longer be removed from the frame.
In this manner, when necessary, for example for the replacement of one of the two components due to breakage or technical choice, it is not possible 25 to separate the monostay and the frame. Disclosure of the Invention
The aim of the present invention is to solve the above problems, eliminating the drawbacks of the cited prior art, by providing an element which allows to use a non-permanent connection system thereby allowing 30 the carbon monostay to be detachably connected to the frame. Within this aim, an important object of the present invention is to provide an element which allows to obtain a connection which adequately withstands the stresses applied during sports practice.
Another object is to provide an element which maintains the rigidity and low- weight characteristics of the carbon rear fork or monostay.
Another object is to provide an element which is structurally simple and has low manufacturing costs.
This aim and these and other objects which will become better apparent hereinafter are achieved by a connecting element, particularly for connecting rear forks, also known as monostays, made of carbon to bicycle frames, characterized in that it comprises a first insert and a second insert which are mutually detachably associable at a first end by way of a mechanical connection means, said first and second inserts being respectively associated, at a second end, advantageously by way of adhesives, with the stem of said carbon monostay, and being associable with, or rigidly coupled to, a tubular extension of said frame. Brief description of the drawings
Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become better apparent from the following detailed description of a particular embodiment thereof, illustrated only by way of non-limitative example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a detail of a bicycle frame with a monostay connected by means of the connecting element according to the present invention; Figure 2 is a first transverse sectional view of the first insert;
Figure 3 is a front view of a first insert;
Figure 4 is a second transverse sectional view of the first insert;
Figure 5 is a side view of the first insert;
Figure 6 is a side view of a second insert; Figure 7 is a first transverse sectional view of the second insert; Figure 8 is a second transverse sectional view of the second insert;
Figure 9 is a lateral sectional view of the invention;
Figure 10 is an exploded view of the invention. Ways to carrying out the Invention With reference to the figures, the reference numeral 1 designates a bicycle frame, advantageously made of metallic materials, particularly alloys of steel or aluminum.
Said frame has, beneath and behind the saddle, toward the hub of a rear wheel, a tubular extension 2 which is internally hollow and is advantageously circular, oval or teardrop-shaped.
A monostay, designated by the reference numeral 3 and made of carbon, is to be applied to said frame 1 and has, in an upward region, a stem 4 for connection to a pair of lateral wings for connection to the hub of the wheel.
For the removable connection between said stem 4 and said tubular extension 2, a connecting element, designated by the reference numeral 5 is used, which is constituted by a first insert 6 and a second insert 7 which are advantageously made of metal and have, in a transverse cross-section, a perimetric shape which is similar to the perimetric shape of said tubular extension 2 or another appropriate shape according to requirements. The first insert 6 and second insert 7 are detachably associable with each other at a first end, designated by the reference numerals 8a and 8b respectively.
The first end 8b of said second insert 7 has a first axial seat, designated by the reference numeral 9, which is shaped complementarily to said first end 8a of said first insert 6, for the insertion thereof and its subsequent detachable coupling.
A first circular through hole 10 is provided radially with respect to the lateral surface of said first end 8a and is suitable for the passage of appropriate means for mechanical connection between said first insert 6 and said second insert 7. The first end 8b also is radially provided with a second hole, designated by the reference numeral 11, which is coaxial to said first hole 10 but has a smaller diameter than said first hole and is not a through hole.
In this manner it is possible to position, inside said first hole 10, a bolt, designated by the reference numeral 12, which is composed of a screw 13 and a nut 14, which interact with a registration pin 15 which is positioned beforehand inside said first end 8a, at a suitable second seat which is designated by the reference numeral 16 and is formed at the longitudinal central axis. The registration pin 15 is advantageously designed to prevent the rotation of said nut 14 with respect to said screw 13.
The head of said screw 13 is wider than the diameter of said second hole 11, so that once said first end 8a has been inserted in said first seat 9 of said first end 8b, the activation of the head of said bolt 12 causes an axial movement, in opposite directions, of said screw 13 and said nut 14.
The free ends of said screw 13 and said nut 14 rest and abut against facing and complementarily shaped walls 17 which are internal to said first end 8b of said second insert 7; this entails the mutual locking of the two components. The first insert 6 and the second insert 7 have, in opposite positions with respect to the respective first ends 8a and 8b, second ends which are respectively designated by the reference numerals 18a and 18b.
The second end 18a has a larger cross-section than said first end 8a, which is connected thereto by means of a wing, designated by the reference numeral 19, which advantageously has the same shape and dimensions as the outer surface of the stem 4 of said monostay 3.
The stem 4 has, in its end part, a third axial seat, designated by the reference numeral 20, inside which it is possible to insert, advantageously by gluing, said second end 18a, whose outside diameter is approximately equal to the inside diameter of said third seat. If allowed by the materials, said tubular extension 2 is appropriately rigidly coupled to said second insert 7 by stable connection or by casting during the manufacture of the frame.
Use of the connecting element according to the present invention is therefore as follows: with reference to Figure 1, the reference numeral 1 designates a frame which has a tubular extension 2 which is advantageously rigidly coupled, for example during casting, to a second insert 7.
A first insert 6 is inserted, advantageously with the application of adhesive, in the third seat 20 formed in a monostay 3 of a frame 1, so that the wing 19 abuts against the edge of said monostay.
A registration pin 15 is then placed in the appropriate second seat 16 formed inside the first end 8a of said first insert 6.
The registration pin is designed to support a bolt 12 during the insertion thereof in a first hole 10 formed in the first end 8a of said first insert 6. After arranging the first insert 6 so that said first end 8a enters a first seat
9 formed in said second insert 7, one acts through a second hole 11, formed in said second insert, so as to partially unscrew the screw 13 from the nut 14 of said bolt 12.
This process causes said screw 13 and said nut 14 to press on the respective inside walls 17 of the second insert 7, with the consequent detachable mutual coupling of the two inserts and therefore of the metal frame and the carbon monostay.
It has thus been observed that the invention has achieved the intended aim and objects, a connecting element for detachable connection between a metal bicycle frame and a carbon monostay having been provided.
The invention is of course susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the same inventive concept.
The materials used, as well as the dimensions that constitute the individual components of the invention, may of course be more pertinent according to specific requirements. The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No. TV99A000131 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference.

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1. A connecting element, particularly for connecting rear forks, also known as monostays, made of carbon to bicycle frames, characterized in that it is constituted by a first insert (6) and a second insert (7) which are mutually detachably associable at a first end (8a, 8b) by way of a mechanical connection means (12), said first (6) and second (7) inserts being respectively associated, at a second end (18a, 18b), advantageously by way of adhesives, with the stem (4) of a carbon monostay (3), and being associable with, or rigidly coupled to, a tubular extension (2) of said frame (7).
2. The connecting element according to claim 1, characterized in that it is constituted by a first insert (6) and a second insert (7), advantageously made of metal, which have, in a transverse cross-section, a perimetric shape similar to the perimetric shape of said tubular extension (2) and is preferably circular, oval, teardrop-shaped or otherwise appropriately shaped.
3. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said first end (8b) of said second insert (7) has a first axial seat (9) which is shaped complementarily to said first end (8a) of said first insert (6).
4. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 3, characterized in that radially to the lateral surface of said first end (8a) of said first insert (6) there is a first circular through hole (10) which is suitable for the passage of appropriate means (12) for mechanical connection between said first insert (6) and said second insert (7).
5. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 4, characterized in that said first end (8b) of said second insert (7) also is radially provided with a second hole (11) which is coaxial to said first hole (10) but has a smaller diameter than said first hole (10) and is not a through hole.
6. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 5, characterized in that it has, inside said first end (8a) of said first insert (6), a suitable second seat (16) which is formed at the longitudinal central axis and in which a registration pin (15) can be positioned.
7. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 6, characterized in that said means for connecting said first (6) and second (7) inserts advantageously consist of a bolt (12) which is composed of a screw (13) and a nut (14), can be inserted in said first hole (10) and interacts with said registration pin (15).
8. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 7, characterized in that the head of said screw (12) is advantageously wider than the diameter of said second hole (11), so that once said first insert (6) has been inserted in said second insert (7), said head and said nut (14) rest on facing and complementarily shaped inside walls (17) of said first end (8b) of said second insert (7).
9. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 8, characterized in that the activation of said head through said second hole (11) produces an axial movement in opposite directions of said screw (13) and said nut (14), until the respective free ends abut against the facing inside walls, entailing the mutual locking of said first (6) and second (7) inserts.
10. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 9, characterized in that said second end (18a) of said first insert (6) has a larger cross-section than said respective first end (8a), which is connected thereto by way of a wing (19) whose shape and dimensions are advantageously identical to those of the outer surface of said tubular extension (2).
11. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 10, characterized in that it has a third axial seat (20) in the end part of said stem (4) of said monostay (3), said second end (18a) of said first insert (6) being rigidly associable, advantageously by gluing, in said third seat (20) and having an outside diameter which is approximately equal to the inside diameter of said third seat (20).
12. The connecting element according to claims 1 and 11, characterized in that said tubular extension (2) is advantageously rigidly coupled to said second end (18b) of said second (7) insert by way of a stable connection or by casting during the manufacture of the frame (1).
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AU25072/01A AU2507201A (en) 1999-11-26 2000-11-20 Bicycle connecting element, particularly for connecting carbon rear forks to frames
DE60020937T DE60020937D1 (en) 1999-11-26 2000-11-20 BICYCLE CONNECTING ELEMENT, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN REAR FORK AND FRAME
JP2001539735A JP2003514717A (en) 1999-11-26 2000-11-20 Bicycle connection element for connecting the carbon rear fork to the frame
US09/869,652 US6626604B1 (en) 1999-11-26 2000-11-20 Bicycle connecting element, particularly for connecting carbon rear forks to frames
AT00988729T ATE298297T1 (en) 1999-11-26 2000-11-20 BICYCLE CONNECTING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN THE REAR FORK AND THE FRAME
EP00988729A EP1147043B1 (en) 1999-11-26 2000-11-20 Bicycle connecting element, particularly for connecting carbon rear forks to frames

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