| US 7,591,765 B2 | ||
| Free wheel clutch mechanism for bicycle drive train | ||
| Patrick Warner, Boulder, Colo. (US); Michael H. Harding, Boulder, Colo. (US); Mu-Chuan Wu, Tainan (Taiwan); and William A. Baker, Longmont, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Nautilus, Inc., Vancouver, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 12, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/461,588. | ||
| Application 10/461588 is a continuation of application No. 10/093326, filed on Mar. 06, 2002. | ||
| Application 10/093326 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/803630, filed on Mar. 09, 2001. | ||
| Application 09/803630 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/379560, filed on Aug. 23, 1999, granted, now 6,641,507. | ||
| Application 09/379560 is a continuation of application No. 08/919695, filed on Aug. 28, 1997, granted, now 5,961,424. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/038726, filed on Feb. 18, 1997. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0211918 A1, Nov. 13, 2003 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A63B 22/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 482—63 [482/57] | 7 Claims |
| 1. An exercise bicycle comprising:
a frame; a means for storing rotational energy supported by the frame, the means for storing rotational energy comprising
a flywheel;
a means for driving the means for storing rotational energy; and
a means for releasably coupling the means for driving the means for storing rotational energy to the means for storing rotational
energy in either one of forward and rearward directions, the means for releasably coupling including a slave sprocket to be
coupled to the means for driving in a direct-drive relationship, the slave sprocket circumferentially mounted in engagement
with a one way bearing circumferentially mounted on an axle housing of the flywheel.
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