US 12,441,421 B2
Bicycle component with an adjustable seat post device
Jerome Hoffmann, Port (CH)
Assigned to DT SWISS INC., Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed by DT SWISS INC., Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,870.
Application 17/450,870 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/235,705, filed on Apr. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,919,590.
Claims priority of application No. 102020111306.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 24, 2020; and application No. 102021125541.4 (DE), filed on Jan. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081050 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62J 1/06 (2006.01); B62K 19/36 (2006.01); F16B 7/10 (2006.01); F16B 7/14 (2006.01); F16F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 1/06 (2013.01) [B62K 19/36 (2013.01); F16B 7/10 (2013.01); F16B 7/14 (2013.01); F16F 15/02 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle component for an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, comprising a seat post device adjustable between at least two positions, comprising at least two support members telescopically movable relative to one another in an axial direction, a first support member and a second support member, and comprising at least one anti-twist protection with at least one clamping element which non-rotatably interlinks the support members and displaceably receives the support members in a guiding groove, so that rotational movement of the first support member relative to the second support member can be at least partially blocked;
the anti-twist protection comprises at least one spline device with at least one spline unit that can be urged against each clamping element in the axial direction, and that by pressing each clamping element and the at least one spline unit together, each clamping element and/or the at least one spline unit can be moved relative to the guiding groove in the peripheral direction;
each at least one spline unit is received on one of the two support members; and
by pressing the at least one spline unit and the corresponding at least one clamping element together, the at least one spline unit is movable in the peripheral direction relative to the support member which receives the at least one spline unit.