Adjustable shoe mounting structure for bicycle brake device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9340255-B2
Application number	US-201414501052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

An adjustable shoe mounting structure for bicycle brake device is disclosed. Users may use the first adjusting member of the adjusting assembly to be turned relative to the second adjusting member of the adjusting assembly. That is, the first adjusting member may be pulled inwardly to turn an angle. The first adjusting member uses the elasticity of the spring to move axially and the brake shoe may be adjusted the angle by matching convex teeth with different heights of the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member. It may achieve the efficiency of adjusting brake shoe. Also, it has simple structure and is easy to operate while adjusting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable shoe mounting structure for bicycle brake device, arranged at at least one brake arm of the bicycle brake device, the structure comprising:
a shoe mount, substantially having a rectangular shape and connected at an inner side of the brake arm orthogonally with each other;
a screw member, having a screw portion and a top push portion connected with each other, the screw portion is passed through the shoe mount and a through hole of the brake arm sequentially, and the top push portion is against an inner side of the shoe mount;
a brake shoe, fastened inside the shoe mount;
an adjusting assembly, adjustable arranged between the brake arm and the shoe mount and sleeved on the screw portion of the screw member, a first side of the adjusting assembly is against an outer side of the shoe mount, and a second side of the adjusting assembly opposite to the first side thereof is passed through the through hole of the brake arm;
a spring, sleeved on the screw portion of the screw member and disposed in the through hole of the brake arm, one end of the spring is against a part of the adjusting assembly partially disposed in the through hole of the brake arm; and
a fixing nut, screwed at the screw portion of the screw member disposed at the outer side of the brake arm, and a second end of the spring opposite to the first end is against the fixing nut;
wherein the brake shoe is moved axially in the through hole of the brake arm by the adjusting assembly to adjust a gap between the brake shoe and a rim of the bicycle through the elasticity of the spring; and
wherein the adjusting assembly includes a first adjusting member and a second adjusting member, the first adjusting member has a first plate part and a first convex teeth part, the second adjusting member has a second plate part, a second convex teeth part, and a convex post part, the first plate part is against an outer side of the shoe mount, the first convex teeth part is extending from a center of the first plate part to the brake are, the second plate part is disposed in the through hole of the brake arm, the second convex teeth part is extending from a center of the second plate part to the shoe mount, the convex post part is extending toward the brake arm and disposed in the through hole of the brake arm, thereby two ends of the spring are respectively against the convex post part of the second adjusting member of the adjusting assembly and the fixing nut, the first convex teeth part and the second convex teeth part have convex teeth with different heights, the convex post part of the second adjusting member is against the spring and moves axially forward and backward with the elasticity of the spring, and further an angle of the brake shoe is adjusted by matching the convex teeth with different heights of the first convex teeth part and the second convex teeth part.

2. A structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bicycle brake device is C-clip or V-clip structure.

Assignees

• Yang Tzu-Yi
• Tektro Technology Corp

Inventors

• Yang Tzu-Yi

Classifications

• B62L1/10 Primary

  by the elements moving substantially parallel to the wheel axis · CPC title

• B62L1/14

  the elements being mounted on levers pivotable about different axes · CPC title

• B62L1/12 Primary

  the elements being mounted on levers pivotable about a common axis · CPC title

• B62L1/005

  constructional features of brake elements, e.g. fastening of brake blocks in their holders · CPC title