US 12,392,403 B2
Bicycle chainring with offset and full wide teeth
Christoper A. Wickliffe, Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to WICK WERKS LLC, Ogden, UT (US)
Filed by WICK WERKS LLC, Ogden, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,507.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/342,583, filed on May 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366457 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 55/30 (2006.01); B62M 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 55/30 (2013.01) [B62M 9/00 (2013.01); B62M 2009/005 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle chain ring, comprising:
a plurality of teeth extending radially about an axis of the chain ring, the plurality of teeth comprising:
a first group of teeth having a first width that is at least 96% the width of an outer link gap of a bicycle chain;
a second group of teeth that are at least partially offset from a central plane to a first side and have a second width; and
a third group of teeth that are at least partially offset from a central plane to a second side opposite the first side;
wherein, the first group of teeth have a base that is sized to be centered on a central plane defined through a center portion of the chainring;
wherein the chain ring has a repeating series of teeth comprising:
a first tooth from the first group of teeth;
a second tooth from the second group of teeth;
a third tooth from the first group of teeth;
a fourth tooth from the second group of teeth;
a fifth tooth from the third group of teeth; and
a sixth tooth from the second group of teeth;
wherein the repeating series repeats at least two times consecutively around the chain ring.