US 12,065,213 B2
Adjustable head angle bicycles
Brian Daniel Robinson, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Jeffrey Keith Bowers, Bellingham, WA (US); and William Te-Chung Chan, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Filed by SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,114.
Application 18/461,114 is a continuation of application No. 16/990,817, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,780,528.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,181, filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092449 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B62K 21/06 (2006.01); B62K 19/32 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 21/06 (2013.01) [B62K 19/32 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable head angle bicycle assembly, comprising:
a head tube comprising an upper receptacle and a lower receptacle;
a steerer tube extending through the head tube;
an upper cup comprising a cylindrical inner surface and a non-cylindrical outer surface, wherein the non-cylindrical outer surface is engaged with the upper receptable of the head tube, but is not press-fit into the upper receptable of the head tube;
an upper bearing comprising an inner race and an outer race, the outer race being engaged with the cylindrical inner surface of the upper cup;
a lower cup comprising a cylindrical inner surface and a non-cylindrical outer surface, wherein the non-cylindrical outer surface of the lower cup is engaged with the lower receptable of the head tube;
a lower bearing comprising an inner race and an outer race, the outer race being engaged with the cylindrical inner surface of the lower cup,
wherein the inner race of the upper bearing and the inner race of the lower bearing engage the steerer tube to rotatably couple the steerer tube to the head tube along a steering axis,
wherein the cylindrical inner surface of the upper cup is offset from the non-cylindrical outer surface of the upper cup, such that insertion of the upper cup into the upper receptacle of the head tube in different orientations can result in the steering axis being oriented at different angles with respect to the head tube; and
at least one of a bolt or a nut positioned above the upper bearing to maintain the upper cup engaged with the upper receptacle of the head tube, and to enable removal and reorientation of the upper cup with respect the upper receptacle when removed.