Patent ID: 11867256
Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A bicycle chain outer link, comprising:
two connecting openings which are formed at a distance from each other, pass through the outer link in the thickness direction thereof and are each designed for receiving a connecting component in order to connect the outer link to a further outer link in order to form an outer link member of a bicycle chain,
wherein a connecting straight line connecting respective center axes of the connecting openings defines a longitudinal direction of the outer link,
wherein a direction orthogonal both with respect to the longitudinal direction and with respect to the thickness direction is a width direction of the outer link,
wherein the outer link has, on its inner side facing the further outer link of the same outer link member in the completely mounted state in a bicycle chain, two flat surfaces which are provided at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction if the outer link and are separated by a depression region, which is placed in the longitudinal direction between them, and of which each flat surface surrounds another of the connecting openings,
wherein the depression region is set back with respect to the flat surfaces towards an outer side of the outer link that is opposite the inner side,
wherein, in a minimum distance region containing the connecting straight line and extending in the width direction, the distance, to be measured in the longitudinal direction, between the flat surfaces is minimal,
wherein the distance between the flat surfaces starting from the minimum distance region becomes larger towards each of the two side edges bounding the outer link in the width direction, and the connecting straight line intersects one side edge of the two side edges at a region forming a straight edge in the width direction.