Pedal assembly for human powered vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12448081-B2
Application number	US-202318374789-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2023
Priority date	Sep 29, 2023
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A pedal assembly is provided for a human powered vehicle. The pedal assembly comprises a pedal body. The pedal body includes at least one adapter receiving portion configured to receive at least one adapter engaging with at least one fastening member so that a plurality of pedal components different from each other can be mounted to the pedal body through the at least one adapter. The at least one adapter receiving portion has a non-circular shape corresponding to an external shape of the at least one adapter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pedal assembly for a human powered vehicle, the pedal assembly comprising:
a pedal body including at least one adapter receiving portion configured to receive at least one adapter engaging with at least one fastening member so that a plurality of pedal components different from each other can be mounted to the pedal body through the at least one adapter,
the at least one adapter receiving portion having a non-circular shape corresponding to an external shape of the at least one adapter, and
the at least one adapter receiving portion including a plurality of fastening holes, at least one of the plurality of fastening holes having the non-circular shape at a center of a thickness of the pedal body.

2. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of fastening holes is configured to receive an adapter of the at least one adapter.

3. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one adapter includes a plurality of adapters;
the at least one adapter receiving portion includes a plurality of adapter receiving portions;
each of the plurality of adapter receiving portions is configured to receive at least one of the plurality of adapters.

4. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one adapter receiving portion includes a first adapter receiving portion configured to receive at least one first adapter of the at least one adapter and a second adapter receiving portion configured to receive at least one second adapter of the at least one adapter.

5. The pedal assembly according to claim 4 , wherein
the first adapter receiving portion is configured to receive a pair of the first adapters, and
the second adapter receiving portion is configured to receive a pair of the second adapters.

6. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the pedal body has a first shoe-disposing surface and a second shoe-disposing surface opposite to the first shoe-disposing surface,
each of the plurality of fastening holes extends completely through the pedal body from the first shoe-disposing surface to the second shoe-disposing surface,
each of the plurality of fastening holes is configured to receive an adapter of the at least one adapter,
each of the at least one adapter has a first shoe-disposing side opening configured to receive a first fastening member of the least one fastening member and a second shoe-disposing side opening configured to receive a second fastening member of the least one fastening member,
the first shoe-disposing side opening is positioned at the first shoe-disposing surface, and
the second shoe-disposing side opening is positioned at the second shoe-disposing surface.

7. The pedal assembly according to claim 6 , wherein
the at least one adapter receiving portion includes a first adapter receiving portion having a pair of first fastening holes of the plurality of fastening holes and a second adapter receiving portion having a pair of second fastening holes of the plurality of fastening holes.

8. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-circular shape includes one of an oval shape, a D shape, a polygon shape and a quadrant shape.

9. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising
the at least one adapter non-rotatably coupled to the at least one adapter receiving portion.

10. The pedal assembly according to claim 9 , further comprising
the at least one fastening member detachably coupled to the at least one adapter.

11. The pedal assembly according to claim 10 , wherein
the at least one fastening member includes a plurality of fastening members,
the plurality of fastening members include a first protrusion configured to restrict movement of the at least one adapter in a first direction with respect to the at least one adapter receiving portion and a second protrusion configured to restrict movement of the at least one adapter in a second direction with respect to the at least one adapter receiving portion, and
the second direction is different from the first direction.

12. The pedal assembly according to claim 10 , wherein
the pedal body has a first shoe-disposing surface and a second shoe-disposing surface opposite to the first shoe-disposing surface,
the at least one adapter receiving portion includes a first adapter receiving portion having a pair of first fastening holes extending completely through the pedal body from the first shoe-disposing surface to the second shoe-disposing surface, and a second adapter receiving portion having a pair of second fastening holes extending completely through the pedal body from the first shoe-disposing surface to the second shoe-disposing surface,
the at least one adapter includes a plurality of adapters,
one of the plurality of adapters is disposed in each of the pair of first fastening holes and the pair of second fastening holes,
the at least one fastening member includes a plurality of fastening members, and
each of the plurality of adapters has a first shoe-disposing side opening configured to receive a first fastening member of the plurality of fastening members and a second shoe-disposing side opening configured to receive a second fastening member of the plurality of fastening members.

13. The pedal assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising
a pedal axle having a rotational center axis defining an axial direction,
wherein, the pedal body includes an inner body portion, an outer body portion, a first body portion extending in the axial direction, a second body portion extending in the axial direction and an intermediate body portion configured to receive the pedal axle and extending in the axial direction,
the intermediate body portion is positioned between the outer body portion and the inner body portion and between the first body portion and the second body portion, and
the at least one adapter receiving portion is provided to the intermediate body portion.

14. The pedal assembly according to claim 13 , wherein
each of the plurality of fastening holes extends completely through the pedal body from a first shoe-disposing surface of the pedal body to a second shoe-disposing surface of the pedal body.

15. The pedal assembly according to claim 14 , wherein
the plurality of fastening holes includes a pair of first fastening holes on a first side of the intermediate body portion.

16. The pedal assembly according to claim 15 , wherein
the plurality of fastening holes includes a pair of second fastening holes on a second side of the intermediate body portion, and
the second side is opposite to the first side.

17. The pedal assembly according to claim 16 , wherein
the first fastening holes are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction by a first distance, and
the second fastening holes are spaced apart from the first fastening holes in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction by a second distance different from the first distance.

18. The pedal assembly according to claim 17 , wherein
the second distance is smaller than the first distance.

19. The pedal assembly according to claim 17 , wherein
the second fastening holes are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction by the first distance.

20. The pedal assembly according to claim 10 , further comprising
the plurality of pedal components configured to be selectively coupled to the at least one adapter receiving portion of the pedal body using the at least one fastening member.

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Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Shimazu Hayato
• Tan Zheng Chuan
• Chai Yoong Chern
• Md Salleh Mohamad Zaki Bin
• Khaizuran Kashfi Muhammad

Classifications

• B62M3/086

  Attachments between shoe and pedal other than toe clips, e.g. cleats (shoes for cyclists A43B5/14) · CPC title

• B62M3/08 Primary

  Pedals · CPC title

• B62M3/083 Primary

  Toe clip · CPC title