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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jan Talavasek, Knonau, CH;
Vincent Patureau, Zurich, CH;
Marco Sonderegger, Benzenschwil, CH;
Marc Pallure, Zug, CH;
Daniel Lentz, San Jose, CA (US);
SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Abstract
A bicycle comprises a wheel, a frame supported on the wheel and including a tube hole, a motor mounted to the frame, a battery including battery hole extending completely through the battery, and a battery mounting pin extending through the battery hole and tube hole to secure the battery to the frame. In one embodiment, the tube includes spaced-apart first and second walls, with the tube hole through the first wall and a threaded hole through the second wall and aligned with the tube hole. Preferably, the battery mounting pin includes a threaded end, and the battery mounting pin is positioned through the tube hole and through the battery hole with the threaded end threaded into the threaded hole. The invention is also embodied in a method of mounting a battery to an ebike including the steps of aligning the battery hole with the tube hole and inserting a battery mounting pin through the tube hole and completely through the battery hole.