Electromechanical derailleur for coaxial assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11780532-B2
Application number	US-202117412519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2021
Priority date	Sep 3, 2020
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an electromechanical rear derailleur for coaxial assembling on a rear wheel axle. The derailleur has a base element, a pivot mechanism, and a movable element having a chain guide assembly. The chain guide assembly is connected to the movable element so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. A blocking device permits the chain guide assembly to be established relative to the movable element. The blocking device is able to be inserted into the movable element in two different positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rear derailleur for a bicycle gearshift mechanism, comprising:
a base element attachable to a bicycle frame;
a movable element coupled to the base element and repositionable relative to the base element;
a chain guide assembly coupled to the movable element and pivotable relative to the moveable element about a pivot axle;
a pre-tensioning installation configured to pre-tension the chain guide assembly relative to the movable element about the pivot axle to an initial setting, wherein the chain guide assembly, counter to a tensioning force of the pre-tensioning installation, is pivotable from the initial setting about the pivot axle to various operating settings; and
at least one blocking device for blocking the chain guide assembly in at least one blocking setting, deviating from the initial setting, relative to the movable element,
wherein the at least one blocking device has a blocking element which is repositionable between a passive setting in which said at least one blocking device releases the chain guide assembly relative to the movable element, and at least one active setting in which the at least one blocking device holds the chain guide assembly in the at least one blocking setting, and
wherein the at least one blocking device has a first longitudinal axis, the blocking element has a second longitudinal axis, the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are spaced apart from each other, and the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis run parallel to each other.

2. The rear derailleur of claim 1 , wherein the chain guide assembly has at least one contact element in the form of an outer cage plate or an opening in the cage plate, which for blocking the chain guide assembly in the at least one blocking setting interacts with the blocking element or is able to be brought to engage with the blocking element.

3. The rear derailleur of claim 1 , wherein the at least one blocking device is disposed, in a receptacle opening of the movable element.

4. The rear derailleur of claim 1 , wherein the blocking element is repositionable in the direction of the pivot axle or parallel to the pivot axle.

5. The rear derailleur of claim 1 , wherein the blocking element along a longitudinal axis is repositionable between the at least one active setting and the passive setting.

6. The rear derailleur of claim 1 , wherein the at least one blocking device includes a pin housing for mounting the blocking element.

7. The rear derailleur of claim 6 , wherein the blocking element, by a spring installation, is pre-tensioned to the passive setting.

8. The rear derailleur of claim 7 , wherein the blocking element has a longitudinal axis, and the pin housing has a housing longitudinal axis, and the two longitudinal axes run so as to be mutually spaced apart and mutually parallel.

9. The rear derailleur of claim 8 , wherein the blocking element is eccentrically mounted in the pin housing.

10. The rear derailleur of claim 9 , wherein the blocking element is formed by a thrust pin which is configured having a contact face by way of which said thrust pin in the at least one blocking setting for blocking the chain guide assembly relative to the movable element engages in a form-fitting or force-fitting manner on an edge or an opening of an outer cage plate of the chain guide assembly.

11. The rear derailleur of claim 10 , wherein the blocking element in a second blocking setting engages on a lower cage arm between a lower chain guide roller and the pivot axle, the second blocking setting is assumed for adjusting the rear derailleur relative to a multi-sprocket assembly.

12. The rear derailleur of claim 11 , wherein the thrust pin for manual activation has a compression face/compression end.

13. The rear derailleur of claim 12 , wherein the at least one blocking device, composed of the blocking element and the pin housing, is able to be mounted in a first position or in a second position on the movable element in a receptacle opening of the movable element.

14. A method for adjusting a bicycle drive including a rear derailleur, a multi-chain wheel assembly, a front chainring and a chain, wherein the rear derailleur is adjusted relative to the multi-chain wheel assembly, the method comprising:
determining a bicycle category;
depending on the bicycle category, inserting a blocking device into a moveable member of the rear derailleur in a first position or a second position;
depending on the bicycle category, shifting to a reference sprocket, such that the chain engages with the reference sprocket;
repositioning the blocking device to an active setting such that a chain guide assembly is established relative to a movable element of the rear derailleur; and
rotating the rear derailleur rearward about a rear wheel axle until an ideal chain tension is achieved.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the reference sprocket is one of the central sprockets of the multi-chain wheel assembly.

Assignees

• Sram De Gmbh

Inventors

• Braedt Henrik
• Redecker Heiko

Classifications

• B62M2009/12406

  Rear derailleur comprising a rigid pivoting arm · CPC title

• B62M9/124

  Mechanisms for shifting laterally · CPC title

• B62M9/126

  Chain guides; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• B62M9/121 Primary

  Rear derailleurs · CPC title

• B62M9/122 Primary

  electrically or fluid actuated; Controls thereof · CPC title