Bicycle rear derailleur

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10894574-B2
Application number	US-201715722712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 2, 2017
Priority date	Oct 2, 2017
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

A bicycle rear derailleur includes a base member having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the base member is mountable to a bicycle frame, and the second portion of the base member is attached to the first portion of the base member and includes at least a portion of a power supply attachment. The bicycle rear derailleur also includes a movable member movably coupled to the first portion of the base member and electrically connected to the second portion of the base member. The bicycle rear derailleur includes a chain guide assembly rotatably connected to the movable member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bicycle rear derailleur comprising:
a base member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the base member being mountable to a bicycle frame and the second portion of the base member being attached to the first portion of the base member and including at least a portion of a power supply attachment;
a movable member movably coupled to the first portion of the base member and electrically connected to the second portion of the base member; and
a chain guide assembly rotatably connected to the movable member,
wherein the first portion of the base member is made of a first material, and the second portion of the base member is made of a second material, the second material being different than the first material, and wherein the second portion of the base member has a first side and a second side, the second side includes a recess at least partially defined by at least one protrusion made of the second material extending away from a surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member within which a power supply is positionable,
the protrusion is defined by a first lateral side wall having a first base and a first tip, a second lateral side wall having a second base and a second tip, and a lip connecting the first base and the second base at a bottom of the second side of the second portion,
the first tip located vertically above the first base,
the second tip located vertically above the second base,
wherein the first tip and the second tip extend a first distance away from the surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member, and the first base and the second base extend a second distance away from the surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

2. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 1 , the second side is at a distance from the first side, and
wherein the first side abuts the first portion of the base member.

3. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 2 , wherein the base member includes at least one electrical contact that extends from a surface of the second portion of the base member, and
wherein the at least one electrical contact is electrically connectable with the power supply when the power supply is positioned within the recess of the second portion of the base member.

4. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 3 , wherein the at least one electrical contact includes two pins that extend from the surface of the second portion of the base member.

5. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 3 , further comprising an electrical cable,
wherein the movable member includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and
wherein the electrical cable electrically connects the PCB and the at least one electrical contact.

6. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 2 , wherein the power supply attachment includes a battery retaining member rotatably attached to a body of the second portion of the base member,
wherein the battery retaining member is rotatable between a first rotational position relative to the body of the second portion of the base member and a second rotational position relative to the body of the second portion of the base member.

7. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 6 , wherein the battery retaining member is a latch.

8. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 7 , wherein a portion of the latch is insertable into a securing catch of the power supply.

9. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 1 , wherein the first material is a metal, and the second material is a plastic.

10. A bicycle rear derailleur comprising:
a base member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the base member being mountable to a bicycle frame and the second portion of the base member being removably coupled to the first portion of the base member and including at least a portion of a power supply attachment,
a movable member movably coupled to the first portion of the base member and electrically connected to the second portion of the base member,
wherein the first portion of the base member is made of a first material, and the second portion of the base member is made of a second material, the second material being different than the first material, and wherein the second portion of the base member has a first side and a second side, the second side includes a recess at least partially defined by at least one protrusion made of the second material extending away from a surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member within which a power supply is positionable,
the protrusion is defined by a first lateral side wall having a first base and a first tip, a second lateral side wall having a second base and a second tip, and a lip connecting the first base and the second base at a bottom of the second side of the second portion,
the first tip located vertically above the first base,
the second tip located vertically above the second base,
wherein the first tip and the second tip extend a first distance away from the surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member, and the first base and the second base extend a second distance away from the surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

11. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 10 , wherein the second portion of the base member is removably coupled to the first portion of the base member with fasteners.

12. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 10 , wherein the power supply attachment includes a battery retaining member rotatably attached to a body of the second portion of the base member.

13. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 12 , wherein the battery retaining member is a latch.

14. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 12 , wherein the battery retaining member is rotatable between a first rotational position relative to the body and a second rotational position relative to the body,
wherein the second portion of the base member further includes at least one stop extending away from a surface of the body, and
wherein the battery retaining member abuts the at least one stop when the battery retaining member is in the second rotational position relative to the body, such that rotation of the battery retaining member past the second rotational position relative to the body is prevented.

15. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 10 , the second side is at a distance from the first side, and
wherein the first side abuts the first portion of the base member.

16. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 15 , wherein the base member includes at least one electrical contact that extends from a surface at the second side of the second portion of the base member, and
wherein the at least one electrical contact is electrically connectable with the power supply when the power supply is positioned within the recess of the second portion of the base member.

17. The bicycle rear derailleur of claim 16 , further comprising an electrical cable,
wherein the movable member includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and
wherein the electrical cable electrically connects the PCB and the at least one electrical contact.

Assignees

• Sram Llc

Inventors

• Brown Joshua
• Feuerstein Paul

Classifications

• B62M9/122 Primary

  electrically or fluid actuated; Controls thereof · CPC title

• B62M9/127

  Mounting or guiding of cables · CPC title

• B62M9/126

  Chain guides; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• B62M9/124

  Mechanisms for shifting laterally · CPC title

• B62M9/128

  Accessories, e.g. protectors · CPC title