US 11,939,027 B2
Bicycle pedal
Akira Inoue, Osaka (JP); Tatsuya Watanabe, Osaka (JP); and Atsuhiro Emura, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,518.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194515 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 3/08 (2013.01) 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle pedal comprising:
a pedal shaft having a center axis and an axial length extending along the center axis;
a body part rotatably supported by the pedal shaft around the center axis, the body part having a pedal shaft receiving bore with a first opening and a second opening, the first opening receiving the pedal shaft along the center axis; and
an end cap adjustably attached to the body part at the second opening to adjust a position of the pedal shaft within the pedal shaft receiving bore in an axial direction with respect to the center axis, the end cap threaded into the second opening to push a tip of the pedal shaft in the axial direction by causing the tip of the pedal shaft to be contacted at an end of the axial length of the pedal shaft.