Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Elements
Patent
1993-12-08
1995-10-03
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Elements
280279, 384540, B62K 2112, F16C 1106
Patent
active
054542812
ABSTRACT:
An upper steering assembly for a bicycle includes a head tube, a steerer tube passing through the head tube, a bearing assembly including a lower and an upper race, the upper race being a ring element and having a vertical inner peripheral surface, mounted on a top of the head tube and around the steerer tube, a rotational socket having a threaded inner periphery and including an upper clamping portion and a lower skirt portion which has an annular groove in an underside thereof for retaining the bearing assembly, the skirt portion having a vertical outer peripheral surface for engaging with the vertical inner peripheral surface of the upper race, and a compression socket mounted around the steerer tube and having a longitudinal slit and including an upper clamping section and a lower tubular section which is in threading connection with the inner periphery of the rotational socket.
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