Dynamometric cycle pedal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481428-B2
Application number	US-201414564939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 10, 2013
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A bicycle pedal including a tube, assembled to freely rotate around an axis, and a pedal body including at least one first surface on which a cyclist is capable of exerting an effort, the pedal body being connected to the central tube by at least one connecting member including a first portion interposed between the tube and the first surface and fitted with at least one deformation gauge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bicycle pedal comprising a central tube, assembled to freely rotate around an axis, and a pedal body comprising at least a first surface on which a cyclist is capable of exerting an effort, the pedal body being connected to the central tube by at least a first connecting member comprising a first portion interposed between the central tube and the first surface and fitted with at least one deformation gauge, wherein the pedal body comprises a first part and a second part, fastened to the first part, the central tube being arranged between the first and second parts, the first and second parts being separated from the central tube by an interstice, the pedal body not being in direct contact with the central tube, and wherein the first connecting member is connected to the central tube by at least one screw having its shaft crossing the rotation axis of the central tube.

2. The pedal of claim 1 , wherein the first portion extends, at rest, parallel to the first surface.

3. The pedal of claim 1 , wherein the first connecting member is in contact with the central tube along a first pressing area symmetrical with respect to a plane containing the rotation axis of the central tube.

4. The pedal of claim 3 , wherein the first connecting member is in contact with the central tube along a second pressing area symmetrical with respect to a plane containing the rotation axis of the central tube, the first and second pressing areas being aligned parallel to the rotation axis.

5. The pedal of claim 1 , wherein the first part comprises a first planar region and wherein the first connecting member comprises a second planar region, the first planar region being in planar contact against the second planar region.

6. The pedal of claim 5 , wherein the pedal body comprises a second surface parallel to the first surface, wherein the second part comprises a third planar region and wherein the first connecting member comprises a fourth planar region, the third planar region being capable of coming into planar contact against the fourth planar region.

7. The pedal of claim 1 , wherein the first part comprises a central part and a frame, the frame at least partially surrounding the second part, the second part being fastened to the central part.

8. The pedal of claim 7 , wherein the central part and the frame belong to a monolithic part.

9. The pedal of claim 1 , wherein the first connecting member comprises a ring-shaped second portion surrounding the first portion and connected to a first end of the first portion.

10. The pedal of claim 9 , wherein the first connecting member comprises third and fourth portions parallel to the first portion and connected to a second end of the first portion opposite to the first end, the first portion extending between the third and fourth portions, the third and fourth portions being fastened to the central tube.

11. The pedal of claim 1 , further comprising at least a second connecting member, the second connecting member comprising a first portion fitted with at least one deformation gauge extending, at rest, parallel to the first surface, the first and second connecting members being aligned along an axis parallel to the rotation axis.

12. The pedal of claim 1 , comprising a data processing circuit capable of receiving signals delivered by said deformation gauge.

13. The pedal of claim 1 , comprising means for measuring at least one acceleration of the pedal.

14. The pedal of claim 1 , comprising means for measuring the inclination angle of said first surface.

15. A bicycle pedal comprising a central tube, assembled to freely rotate around an axis, and a pedal body comprising at least a first surface on which a cyclist is capable of exerting an effort, the pedal body being connected to the central tube by at least a first connecting member comprising a first portion interposed between the central tube and the first surface and fitted with at least one deformation gauge, wherein the pedal body comprises a first part and a second part, fastened to the first part, the central tube being arranged between the first and second parts, the first and second parts being separated from the central tube by an interstice, the pedal body not being in direct contact with the central tube, and wherein the first connecting member comprises a ring-shaped second portion surrounding the first portion and connected to a first end of the first portion.

16. The pedal of claim 15 , wherein the first portion extends, at rest, parallel to the first surface.

17. The pedal of claim 15 , wherein the first connecting member is in contact with the central tube along a first pressing area symmetrical with respect to a plane containing the rotation axis of the central tube.

18. The pedal of claim 17 , wherein the first connecting member is in contact with the central tube along a second pressing area symmetrical with respect to a plane containing the rotation axis of the central tube, the first and second pressing areas being aligned parallel to the rotation axis.

19. The pedal of claim 15 , wherein the first part comprises a first planar region and wherein the first connecting member comprises a second planar region, the first planar region being in planar contact against the second planar region.

20. The pedal of claim 19 , wherein the pedal body comprises a second surface parallel to the first surface, wherein the second part comprises a third planar region and wherein the first connecting member comprises a fourth planar region, the third planar region being capable of coming into planar contact against the fourth planar region.

21. The pedal of claim 15 , wherein the first part comprises a central part and a frame, the frame at least partially surrounding the second part, the second part being fastened to the central part.

22. The pedal of claim 21 , wherein the central part and the frame belong to a monolithic part.

23. The pedal of claim 15 , further comprising at least a second connecting member, the second connecting member comprising a first portion fitted with at least one deformation gauge extending, at rest, parallel to the first surface, the first and second connecting members being aligned along an axis parallel to the rotation axis.

24. The pedal of claim 15 , wherein the first connecting member comprises third and fourth portions parallel to the first portion and connected to a second end of the first portion opposite to the first end, the first portion extending between the third and fourth portions, the third and fourth portions being fastened to the central tube.

25. The pedal of claim 15 , comprising a data processing circuit capable of receiving signals delivered by said deformation gauge.

26. The pedal of claim 15 , comprising means for measuring at least one acceleration of the pedal.

27. The pedal of claim 15 , comprising means for measuring the inclination angle of said first surface.

Assignees

• Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
• Commissariat Energie Atomique

Inventors

• Gros Jean-Philippe
• Brulais Sébastien
• Despesse Ghislain

Classifications

• Y10T74/2168

  Pedals · CPC title

• G01L3/24

  Devices for determining the value of power, e.g. by measuring and simultaneously multiplying the values of torque and revolutions per unit of time, by multiplying the values of tractive or propulsive force and velocity · CPC title

• G01L5/225

  to foot actuated controls, e.g. brake pedals · CPC title

• B62M3/08 Primary

  Pedals · CPC title

• B62K2207/00

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic