Robert Andrew Read

US Patent:

D3125882, Dec 4, 1990

Filed:

Nov 9, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/118647

Inventors:

Robert Read - Bartlett IL

Assignee:

Schwinn Bicycle Company - Chicago IL

US Classification:

D10 98

US Patent:

D3120520, Nov 13, 1990

Filed:

Nov 9, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/118360

Inventors:

Robert Read - Bartlett IL

Assignee:

Schwinn Bicycle Company - Chicago IL

US Classification:

D10 98

US Patent:

48811874, Nov 14, 1989

Filed:

Apr 27, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/346337

Inventors:

Robert Read - Bartlett IL

Assignee:

Schwinn Bicycle Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G01P 348
G01P 354
G01C 2200

US Classification:

364565

Abstract:

A cycle computer has a pair of push-buttons connected respectively to a mode switch and to an on/off switch. Sequential actuation of the mode switch places the computer selectively in one of a plurality of Modes including a "stop watch" mode. Alternate actuation of the on/off switch, while in the stop watch mode, turns the stop watch function on and off. Simultaneous depression of both push-buttons, while the computer is in stop watch mode, resets the stop watch mode and at least two other modes. To facilitate resetting under poor visibility conditions, or when it would be unsafe to divert the rider's attention from the road or other traffic, the push-buttons abut along a common line and have a shared recess straddling that line which can be located by feel alone, enabling the push-buttons to be depressed simultaneously with one thumb while both rider's hands safely grip the handlebar.

US Patent:

46717390, Jun 9, 1987

Filed:

Jul 11, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/167474

Inventors:

Robert W. Read - Tacoma WA
Edmund A. Gress - late of Tacoma WA

International Classification:

F04D 2132

US Classification:

416230

Abstract:

A one piece, fiber reinforced, plastic radiator cooling fan for a truck. The fan is reinforced by: a hub extension which extends from the hub into each blade a substantial distance; by directly interconnecting the leading and trailing edges of adjacent blades to form a juncture therebetween in the form of a spiral located radially outwardly from the hub; by having the leading and trailing edges of adjacent hub extensions interconnect in a smoothly curved line tangent to the hub; by strengthening locations of high stress in each blade; and by avoiding sudden changes in thickness and in direction of the various portions of the fan.

US Patent:

48251569, Apr 25, 1989

Filed:

Mar 30, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/175116

Inventors:

Robert Read - Bartlett IL

Assignee:

Schwinn Bicycle Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G01P 102

US Classification:

324166

Abstract:

A signal detector for a cycle computer comprises a head, a sensor supported by the head, and a flexible strap having one end connected to the head. The head includes a housing having a curved abutment surface shaped to bear against the curved abutment surface of a support tube such as a leg of a bicycle fork or a rear stay tube. The head has a strap-guiding surface defining one wall of a strap-receiving passageway extending completely through the housing and tangent to the curved abutment surface. The passageway has a strap entrance portion adjacent the curved abutment surface and a strap exit portion remote from it. The strap has transverse teeth along the inside surface facing inwardly into the passageway when the strap extends through it. In the embodiment disclosed, the head is molded of plastics material and includes an integral pawl in the passageway. The pawl has a tooth which is elastically biased into locking engagement with the teeth on the strap which are in the form of ratchet surfaces enabling easy insertion of the strap and blocking withdrawal.