Bicycle speed change assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5380252
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08064349

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The following technical means is provided to achieve a chain shift operation with a minimum of the guide pulley travel distance, to improve speed change efficiency and operatability, and to prevent the speed change assembly from protruding sideward: At a forward location of a sprocket cluster (2), a link base (8) of a pantograph link mechanism (12) is supported by a chain stay (7), and from this, an inner link (9) and an outer link (10) are extended. To respective free end portions of these links, there is connected a movable member (11), which pivotally supports a chain guide (15) which is elastically urged. The guide pulley travel control means (18) functions in such a way that when the pantograph link mechanism (12) is deformed, it would cause a guide pulley (13) of the chain guide (15) to move inward axially of the hub shaft and at the same time forwardly downward substantially along a radial path of the sprocket cluster (2).

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MAEDA INDUSTRIES LTDOSAKA-FU 587

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iwasaki, Yoshihisa Osaka, JP 25 431
Ohta, Masao Saitama, JP 6 66
Takeda, Tohru Saitama, JP 12 202

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