Claims
- 1. An exercise bicycle comprising:
a frame; a high-inertia flywheel having an axle housing defining a wall, the axle housing rotatably supported on the frame; a sprocket coupled with the flywheel; a clutch operably connected between the flywheel and the sprocket to engage the sprocket with the flywheel with a break-free force, the clutch including:
a one way bearing circumferentially mounted on the axle housing; the sprocket circumferentially mounted in engagement with the one way bearing; a clutch plate circumferentially disposed about the axle housing and operably connected with the sprocket; a clutch plate collar circumferentially disposed about the axle housing adjacent the clutch plate; and a Belleville washer compressed between the wall of the axle housing and the clutch plate collar to compress the clutch plate between the clutch plate collar and the sprocket, and to engage the sprocket to the flywheel with the break-free force.
- 2. A clutch mechanism for an exercise bicycle, the exercise bicycle having a frame and a high-inertia flywheel having a hub at a center of rotation, the flywheel being rotatably supported on the frame at the hub, the exercise bicycle further having a drive train supported on the frame and engaged with the flywheel and driveable in a forward direction and a rearward direction to cause the flywheel to rotate, the clutch mechanism comprising:
a sprocket operably connected with the flywheel; a clutch operably connected between the sprocket and the flywheel to engage the sprocket to the flywheel with a break-free force, the clutch further comprising:
a one way bearing circumferentially mounted on the axle housing; the sprocket circumferentially mounted in engagement with the one way bearing; a clutch plate circumferentially disposed about the axle housing and operably associated with the sprocket; a clutch plate collar circumferentially disposed about the axle housing adjacent the clutch plate; and a Belleville washer compressed between the wall of the axle housing and the clutch plate collar to compress the clutch plate between the clutch plate collar and the sprocket, and to engage the sprocket to the flywheel with the break-free force.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/919,695, entitled “Free Wheel Clutch Mechanism for Bicycle Drive Train” filed Aug. 28, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,961,424; application Ser. No. 09/379,560, entitled “Free Wheel Clutch Mechanism for Bicycle Drive Train” filed Aug. 23, 1999; application Ser. No. 09/379,488 entitled “Free Wheel Clutch Mechanism for Bicycle Drive Train” filed Aug. 23, 1999; and application Ser. No. 09/803,630 entitled “Free Wheel Clutch Mechanism for Bicycle Drive Train,” filed Mar. 9, 2001, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Continuation in Parts (3)
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