Patent ID: 9707439
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An elliptical machine comprising: a frame unit that includes a main frame, and a side frame extending rearwardly from said main frame; a transmission unit that includes a fly wheel unit mounted to said main frame, two transmission rods connected pivotally and respectively to opposite sides of said fly wheel unit, and two swing rods, each of said swing rods being connected pivotally to a distal end of a respective one of said transmission rods that is distal from said fly wheel unit, and being swingably suspended from said side frame; and two exercise units, each of which includes a pedal rod adjacent to and at a lateral outer side of a respective one of said transmission rods, a foot pedal mounted on said pedal rod, and a connecting rod having opposite ends that are connected pivotally and respectively to said pedal rod and a respective one of said swing rods, wherein a distance from an intersection of said connecting rod and the respective one of said swing rods to a top end of the respective one of said swing rods is larger than a distance from an intersection of the respective one of said swing rods and the respective one of said transmission rods to the top end of the respective one of said swing rods.