Patent ID: 11932351
Assignee: THE HIVE GLOBAL, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A method of providing a conical shaped bicycle cassette, the method comprising:
providing a large sprocket sub-assembly having one or more large sprockets; and
detachably coupling a unitary small sprocket sub-assembly to the large sprocket sub-assembly with a cassette locking screw, the unitary small sprocket sub-assembly having a central axis and including:
a first sprocket having a plurality of outwardly extending first gear teeth, a first inner circumference opposite the first gear teeth, a plurality of first radial support members and a plurality of first axial support members, wherein the plurality of first radial support members are circumferentially offset from the plurality of first axial support members;
a second sprocket having a plurality of outwardly extending second gear teeth, a second inner circumference opposite the second gear teeth that is smaller than the first inner circumference, a plurality of second radial support members and a plurality of second axial support members, wherein the plurality of second radial support members are circumferentially offset from the plurality of second axial support members; and
a third sprocket having a plurality of outwardly extending third gear teeth and a third inner circumference opposite the third gear teeth that is greater than the first inner circumference;, wherein the first radial support members extend from the inner circumference in a radial direction toward the central axis, bend toward the second sprocket and couple to the second sprocket at a level of the second inner circumference, and further wherein the first axial support members extend toward the third sprocket in an axial direction parallel to the central axis, bend toward the third sprocket and couple to third inner circumference of the third sprocket.