Patent ID: 6234680
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
A sealable bearing race assembly suitable for use in a bicycle, comprising:a) a first component comprising a first circular channel for accommodating a bearing structure, said channel flanked by a first lateral flat border and a first medial flat border, with said first lateral flat border having a first biaser there behind for urging said first lateral flat border away from an underlying first support; andb) a second component comprising a second circular channel alignable with the first circular channel, said second channel flanked by a second lateral flat border and a second medial flat border, with said second medial flat border having a second biaser there behind for urging said second medial flat border away from an underlying second support, whereby said first and second lateral flat borders and said first and second medial flat borders are positionable in contact with each other such that said contacts are positively maintained by said first biaser urging the first lateral border against the second lateral border and by said second biaser urging the second medial border against the first medial border.