Patent ID: 9669656
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B60B,F16D

Claim:
1. A bicycle freewheel comprising: a driving member configured to be coupled to a bicycle sprocket, the driving member having a first portion; a driven member configured to be coupled to a bicycle hub, the driven member having a second portion that is oppositely arranged to the first portion of the driving member; a plurality of first engaging members disposed on one of the first portion of the driving member and the second portion of the driven member; a plurality of second engaging members disposed on the other of the first portion of the driving member and the second portion of the driven member, each of the second engaging member configured to engage one of the first engaging members while non-freewheeling; a plurality of contact members each mounted on a surface of each of one of the first engaging members and the second engaging members, each of the contact members including a first freewheeling surface contacting a second freewheeling surface of the other of the first engaging members and the second engaging members while freewheeling, and each of the one of the first engaging members and the second engaging members including a third freewheeling surface that contacts the second freewheeling surface while freewheeling; and a plurality of separate damping members, each of the contact members including one of the plurality of separate damping members, and each of the plurality of separate damping members defining the first freewheeling surface of each of the contact members, the first freewheeling surface contacting the second freewheeling surface prior to the third freewheeling surface contacting the second freewheeling surface during freewheeling.