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Patent No.:

US 7704172 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2004
Applicants:

Toshio Tetsuka, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiaki Nanko, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Toshio Tetsuka, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiaki Nanko, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 9/00 (2006.01); F16B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A front derailleur is configured to be accurately mounted to a bicycle frame in a prescribed mounting position. The front derailleur has a chain guide, a front derailleur main body, an intermediate piece and a fastening piece. The front derailleur main body has a mounting part with a curved mounting face having a circular arc arranged around a first pivot axis extending in a first direction. The intermediate piece has a first curved abutting face mating with the curved mounting face of the mounting part to pivot relative to each other about the first pivot axis, a second curved abutting face having a circular arc arranged around a second pivot axis extending in a second direction perpendicularly arranged relative to the first direction, and a first through hole extending in a third direction generally perpendicular to the first and second directions and passes through the first and second abutting faces.


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