US 12,351,271 B2
Bike frame having a drive module enclosure
Robert Ryan Ragland, Brock, TX (US); Lawrence Michael Paige, Springtown, TX (US); Monibert Narito Gaba, Sherwood, OR (US); and Jamie Richard Beckett, Aledo, TX (US)
Assigned to StaCyc, LLC, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by StaCyc, LLC, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/626,828.
Application 18/626,828 is a continuation of application No. 18/173,509, filed on Feb. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,975,799.
Application 18/173,509 is a continuation of application No. 17/192,509, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,603,165, issued on Mar. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246632 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B62M 7/02 (2006.01); B62J 43/16 (2020.01); B62K 11/04 (2006.01); B62K 19/34 (2006.01); B62M 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 7/02 (2013.01) [B62J 43/16 (2020.02); B62K 11/04 (2013.01); B62K 19/34 (2013.01); B62M 9/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bike configured for travel along a longitudinal direction, the bike comprising:
a frame elongated in the longitudinal direction;
a front fork rotatably engaged with a front wheel at a front end of the bike;
a rear fork rotatably engaged with a rear wheel at a rear end of the bike;
a handlebar supported with the front fork for rotation at the front end of the bike for steering the bike; and
a drive module configured to drive the rear wheel of the bike when operated selectively with power,
wherein the frame includes:
a down tube extending downward and rearward from the front end of the bike, the down tube having a first end positioned proximate the front end of the bike and a second end opposite the first end, and
a drive module enclosure formed at the second end of the down tube, the drive module enclosure including an inner surface defining a drive module receptacle to receive the drive module, and
an alignment structure wedged between the drive module and the inner surface of the drive module enclosure to support the drive module within the drive module receptacle,
wherein the drive module is positioned within the drive module receptacle to form an engagement between the alignment structure and the drive module to support a first portion of the drive module within the drive module receptacle.