Patent ID: 9126651
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B62K,F16F

Abstract:
1. A bicycle suspension adjustor comprising: a rotational input member configured to rotate in a rotational direction; an axial output member configured to move in an axial direction; and a rotation-to-axial movement converting structure including a first converting member operatively coupled to the rotational input member, a second converting member facing the first converting member, and at least one rolling member operatively disposed between the first and second converting members, one of the first and second converting members operatively coupled to the axial output member, the first and second converting members have first and second axial end faces, respectively, that face each other in opposite axial directions, at least one of the first and second axial end faces of the first and second converting members having a camming surface which contacts with the at least one rolling member, the at least one rolling member being in rolling contact with the first and second converting members so that the at least one rolling member induces relative displacement with respect to both of the first and second converting members as the rotational input member rotates the first converting member in response to a rotational movement of the rotational input member with the one of the first and second converting members moving in the axial direction due to a rotational movement of the first converting member, and with the axial output member moving in the axial direction due to an axial movement of the one of the first and second converting members.