US 12,291,306 B2
Clipless pedal device
Chun-Rong Chen, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to WELLGO PEDAL'S CORP., Taichung (TW)
Filed by WELLGO PEDAL'S CORP., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,164.
Claims priority of application No. 111214517 (TW), filed on Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217616 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B62M 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 3/086 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clipless pedal device, including:
a pedal body, adapted for a cleat to be disposed thereon;
an engagement portion, disposed on one end of the pedal body and adapted for a first end portion of the cleat to be engaged therewith;
a retaining portion, disposed on another end of the pedal body and being movable between a lock position and a release position, when the retaining portion is located at the lock position, a second portion of the cleat is restricted by the retaining portion; when the retaining portion is located at the release position, the second portion of the cleat is not restricted by the retaining portion; and
a push portion, driven by the retaining portion to move along a pushing path;
wherein when the cleat is engaged between the engagement portion and the retaining portion, the cleat is located on the pushing path; while the retaining portion is moved from the lock position to the release position, the push portion is moved along the pushing path to push the cleat;
wherein the retaining portion is connected with the pedal body by a shaft portion, the shaft portion defines an axis, the retaining portion is pivotable to the pedal body around the axis as a rotation center, the push portion includes a pivot portion, and the pivot portion is sleeved on the shaft portion;
wherein the retaining portion is moved from the lock position to the release position in a first direction, the clipless pedal device further includes a resilient member, the resilient member is assembled to the shaft portion and is resiliently abutted between the pedal body and the retaining portion, and the push portion is normally resiliently pushed by the resilient member in a direction that is opposite to the first direction;
wherein the clipless pedal device further includes a torque adjustment mechanism, the torque adjustment mechanism is disposed between the push portion and the retaining portion, the torque adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment member and an adjustment bolt, the adjustment member is normally resiliently pushed by the resilient member in a direction that is opposite to the first direction, the retaining portion has a restriction hole, an end portion of the adjustment member is disposed through the restriction hole, the end portion of the adjustment member is slidable relative to the restriction hole on a slide path, and an insertion portion of the push portion is disposed through the restriction hole and located on the slide path.