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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Peloton Interactive, Inc, New York, NY (US);
David William Petrillo, New York, NY (US);
Thomas Philip Cortese, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Peloton Interactive, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Resistance mechanism and method for an exercise cycle includes an adjusting bracket having magnets mounted on its inner surface and spaced from a flywheel, an adjustment shaft having a threaded rod rotatably disposed through a tubular sleeve disposed on a frame and above the adjustment bracket, a threaded member mounted on the adjustment bracket and connected the threaded rod, and a linking assembly mounting the adjustment bracket to the frame, and including a first member, a first linking member, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The first sensor is disposed on the first member adjacent to the first end of the first linking member, a second sensor is disposed on the first linking member adjacent to the first sensor. A relative position of the first sensor and the second sensor is changed with respect to the corresponding movements of the adjusting bracket.