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US 10,589,818 B2Granted
Bicycle operating device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsYasuyuki Komada, Kohei Ohyabu, Shouichi Ono
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Abstract
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The base member includes a first arrangement part to which at least one of a first operating structure and a first cover structure is arrangeable. The base member includes a second arrangement part to which at least one of a second operating structure and a second cover structure is arrangeable.
Claims26
A bicycle operating device comprising:
- a base member configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar;
- an operating member movably coupled to the base member, the operating member being pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis;
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- an electrical switch,
- the base member including
- a first arrangement part to which the electrical switch is arrangeable, and
- a second arrangement part to which the electrical switch is arrangeable,
- the base member having
- a maximum axial width defined in an axial direction of the pivot axis, and
- a base center plane defined to bisect the maximum axial width and perpendicular to the pivot axis,
- the electrical switch being configured to be selectively provided on either one of the first arrangement part and the second arrangement part,
- the first arrangement part including:
- a first support recess configured to receive a first portion of the electrical switch when the electrical switch is provided at the first arrangement part, and/or
- a first support rib configured to support a second portion of the electrical switch when the electrical switch is provided at the first arrangement part,
- the second arrangement part including:
- a second support recess configured to receive the first portion of the electrical switch when the electrical switch is provided at the second arrangement part, and/or
- a second support rib configured to support the second portion of the electrical switch when the electrical switch is provided at the second arrangement part, and
- the first arrangement part and the second arrangement part being provided on opposite sides of the base center plane.
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