Endless belt power transmission systems or components – Control for variable input to output speed-ratio – Including belt shiftable axially from one to another surface...
Patent
1999-07-22
2000-12-12
Bucci, David A.
Endless belt power transmission systems or components
Control for variable input to output speed-ratio
Including belt shiftable axially from one to another surface...
474 78, F16H 6100, F16H 6300
Patent
active
06159119&
ABSTRACT:
A gas actuated derailleur for a bicycle includes a base member, a movable member supporting a chain guide, a coupling mechanism coupling the base member to the movable member so that the movable member moves relative to the base member, and an actuation mechanism responsive to compressed gas for causing the movable member to move relative to the base member.
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Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Jul. 1982, vol. 35, No. 7, p. 14, "Air shifts bicycle gears . . . automatically."
Ichida Tadashi
Nakamura Yasushi
Bucci David A.
Deland James A.
Kaness Matthew A.
Shimano Inc.
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