Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Elements
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-17
2005-05-17
Luong, Vinh T. (Department: 3682)
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Elements
C411S546000, C280S279000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06892604
ABSTRACT:
A headset spacer unit and a steering assembly equipped therewith in which the headset spacer unit is formed of a plurality of annular spacers, each of which has a configuration at top and bottom sides thereof which is shaped to enable a bottom side of each of the plurality of spacer to make an interlocking engagement with a top side of another of said plurality of annular spacers in a manner preventing relative radial movement between the spacers. In the steering assembly, advantageously, a highest component of the headset and a bottom surface of the handle bar stem have a complementary configuration for engaging with the configuration of a respective side of the spacer unit.
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Reeder Thomas W.
Tison Robert Wayne
Cane Creek Cycling Components, Inc.
Luong Vinh T.
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Safran David S.
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