Derailleur

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9248885-B2
Application number	US-201314042583-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2013
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A derailleur comprises a base member, a chain guide, a link member, and a shaft member. The base member is configured to be attached to a bicycle frame. The chain guide comprises a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first connecting portion. The second member includes a second connecting portion to overlap the first connecting portion. The link member is configured to movably couple the chain guide to the base member. The shaft member is configured to couple the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion and configured to rotatably couple the chain guide to the link member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A derailleur comprising:
a base member configured to be attached to a bicycle frame;
a chain guide comprising:
a first member including a first guide portion and a first connecting portion, the first guide portion being contactable with a bicycle chain, the first connecting portion protruding from the first guide portion and being integrally provided with the first guide portion as a single unitary member, the first connecting portion being bent from the first guide portion; and
a second member including a second guide portion and a second connecting portion, the second guide portion being contactable with the bicycle chain, the second connecting portion protruding from the second guide portion toward the first guide portion to overlap the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion being integrally provided with the second guide portion as a single unitary member, the second connecting portion being bent from the second guide portion;

a link member configured to movably couple the chain guide to the base member; and
a shaft member configured to couple the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion and configured to rotatably couple the chain guide to the link member.

2. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the chain guide is configured to be movable with respect to the base member between a retracted position and an extended position at which the chain guide is farther from the base member than the retracted position, and
the shaft member is configured to move away from the base member in a forward direction of the bicycle frame when the chain guide moves from the retracted position to the extended position.

3. The derailleur according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an additional link member configured to couple the chain guide to the base member such that the base member, the chain guide, the link member, and the additional link member define a four-bar linkage.

4. The derailleur according to claim 3 , wherein
the additional link member includes a cable attachment portion to which an operation cable is to be attached.

5. The derailleur according to claim 4 , wherein
the additional link member is arranged closer to the bicycle frame than the link member when the base member is attached to the bicycle frame.

6. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are provided at an upper end portion of the chain guide.

7. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the first connecting portion includes a first through-hole,
the second connecting portion includes a second through-hole, and
the shaft member extends through the first through-hole and the second through-hole.

8. The derailleur according to claim 7 , wherein
the shaft member includes a first flange, and
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are provided between the first flange and the link member.

9. The derailleur according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an additional link member configured to rotatably couple the first member to the base member, wherein
the second connecting portion of the second member is provided between the link member and the first connecting portion of the first member.

10. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the first connecting portion is configured to contact the second connecting portion.

11. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the first connecting portion includes an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion,
the downstream end portion is disposed downstream of the upstream end portion in a chain driving direction, and
the shaft member is disposed closer to the upstream end portion than the downstream end portion in the chain driving direction in state where the base member is attached to the bicycle frame.

12. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the second connecting portion is provided between the link member and the first connecting portion.

13. The derailleur according to claim 12 , wherein
the first guide portion is closer to the bicycle frame than the second guide portion in a state where the base member is attached to the bicycle frame.

14. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the first guide portion is spaced apart from the second guide portion in a transverse direction to define a chain guiding slot through which a bicycle chain is to extend,
the first guide portion is configured to shift the bicycle chain away from the bicycle frame in the transverse direction, and
the second guide portion is configured to shift the bicycle chain toward the bicycle frame in the transverse direction.

15. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the shaft member is configured to rotatably couple the chain guide to the link member about a first rotational axis, and
the first connecting portion at least partially overlaps with the second connecting portion when viewed along the first rotational axis.

16. The derailleur according to claim 1 , wherein
the first connecting portion is bent from an end part of the first guide portion, and
the second connecting portion is bent from an end part of the second guide portion.

17. A derailleur comprising:
a base member configured to be attached to a bicycle frame;
a chain guide comprising:
a first member including a first connecting portion; and
a second member including a second connecting portion to overlap the first connecting portion;

a link member configured to movably couple the chain guide to the base member; and
a shaft member configured to couple the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion and configured to rotatably couple the chain guide to the link member, wherein
the first connecting portion includes a first through-hole,
the second connecting portion includes a second through-hole,
the shaft member extends through the first through-hole and the second through-hole,
the shaft member includes a first flange,
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are provided between the first flange and the link member,
the link member includes a first link through-hole through which the shaft member extends,
the shaft member includes a second flange, and
the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion, and the link member are provided between the first flange and the second flange.

18. A derailleur comprising:
a base member configured to be attached to a bicycle frame;
a chain guide comprising:
a first member including a first connecting portion; and
a second member including a second connecting portion to overlap the first connecting portion;

a link member configured to movably couple the chain guide to the base member; and
a shaft member configured to couple the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion and configured to rotatably couple the chain guide to the link member, wherein
the first connecting portion includes a first through-hole,
the second connecting portion includes a second through-hole,
the shaft member extends through the first through-hole and the second through-hole,
the shaft member includes a first flange,
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are provided between the first flange and the link member,
the shaft member includes a second flange and a third flange,
the third flange is provided between the first flange and the second flange, and
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are provided between t

Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Emura Atsuhiro
• Inoue Kenkichi
• Sugiyama Yoshikazu

Classifications

• B62M9/125

  Mounting the derailleur on the frame · CPC title

• B62M9/1242 Primary

  characterised by the linkage mechanisms · CPC title

• B62M9/1342 Primary

  characterised by the linkage mechanisms · CPC title