Bicycle handlebar clamp and bicycle handlebar clampassembly
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsToshihiko Takeuchi, Yoshimitsu Miki, Shinya Hirotomi
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Abstract
A bicycle handlebar clamp is configured to be attached on a handlebar. The bicycle handlebar clamp includes an outer surface, a handlebar engagement surface and an attachment bore. The handlebar engagement surface is configured to be engaged with the handlebar. The fixing nut receiving aperture is configured to receive a fixing nut. The fixing nut receiving aperture extends through the handlebar clamp from the outer surface to the handlebar engagement surface. The attachment bore is configured to receive an attachment pin. The attachment bore and the fixing nut receiving aperture intersect each other. A bicycle handlebar clamp assembly is provided with the bicycle handlebar clamp.
Claims15
A bicycle handlebar clamp, comprising:
- a body having an outer surface and a handlebar engagement surface, the handlebar engagement surface including a curved surface;
- a fixing nut receiving aperture extending through the body of the handlebar clamp from the outer surface to the handlebar engagement surface;
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- an attachment bore intersecting the fixing nut receiving aperture in the body between the outer surface and the handlebar engagement surface, the attachment bore including a first bore portion and a second bore portion, the fixing nut receiving aperture being disposed between the first bore portion and the second bore portion, an axial center axis of the attachment bore extending parallel to an axis perpendicular to a radius of curvature of the curved surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.