US 12,337,923 B2
Steering bearing assembly with internal cable routing
Christopher Dale King, Portland, OR (US); Ryan Matthew Salisbury, Portland, OR (US); Kenneth Alan Silva, Vancouver, WA (US); Kevin Nelson, Ogden, UT (US); and Scott Neperud, Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to KING CYCLE GROUP, INC., Portland, OR (US)
Filed by King Cycle Group, Inc., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,723, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204118 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B62K 21/06 (2006.01); B62J 11/10 (2020.01); B62K 19/32 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 21/06 (2013.01) [B62J 11/10 (2020.02); B62K 19/32 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering bearing assembly for insertion into a head tube and structured to grip a steering tube disposed within the head tube, the steering bearing assembly comprising:
a compression ring having a first continuous surface structured to contact an inner ring of a bearing and having a second continuous surface structured to contact the steering tube; and
one or more apertures fully formed between the first continuous surface and the second continuous surface of the compression ring, the one or more apertures having an aperture axis that is offset from a vertical axis of the head tube, and in which at least one of the one or more apertures is tapered.