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US 10,745,079 B2Granted
Bicycle component control device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsYoshimitsu Miki, Kazutaka Fukao, Kentaro Kosaka
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Abstract
A bicycle component control device includes a bracket, a hydraulic brake unit and either a mechanical shifting unit or electric control unit. The bracket has a gripping portion. The hydraulic brake unit is operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a hydraulic brake device. The mechanical shifting unit or the electric control unit is operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a bicycle device.
Claims16
A bicycle component control device comprising:
- a bracket having a first part, a second part, a distal end portion, a proximal end portion and a gripping portion arranged between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion, the proximal end portion having a mounting surface facing a bicycle handlebar, the first and second parts of the bracket define the proximal end portion having the mounting surface facing the bicycle handlebar;
- an operator pivotally attached to the distal end portion of the bracket about a pivot axis;
- a hydraulic brake unit operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a hydraulic brake device, the hydraulic brake unit having a piston member moved toward the mounting surface in response to operation of the operator;
- and
- an electronic controller at least partly and operatively mounted on the bracket such that at least a portion of the electronic controller is disposed between the hydraulic brake unit and a lower edge of the bracket;
- wherein
- the electronic controller includes a switch unit, the switch unit is mounted on the operator,
- the second part of the bracket configured to detachably attach to the first part of the bracket such that the first part and the second part at least partly cover the electronic controller, and the first and second parts defining an interior space with the electronic controller being at least partly disposed in the interior space of the bracket.
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A bicycle component control device comprising:
- a bracket having a gripping portion, a first part and a second part, the first and second parts of the bracket define a proximal end portion of the bracket having a mounting surface configured to face a bicycle handlebar;
- an operator pivotally attached to the bracket about a pivot axis;
- a hydraulic brake unit operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a hydraulic brake device, the hydraulic brake unit having a master cylinder located rearward of the pivot axis of the operator while the bicycle component control device is in an installed position;
- and
- an electronic controller at least partly and operatively mounted on the bracket such that at least a portion of the electronic controller is disposed between the hydraulic brake unit and a lower edge of the bracket;
- wherein
- the electronic controller includes a switch unit, the switch unit is mounted on the operator,
- the second part of the bracket configured to detachably attach to the first part of the bracket such that the first part and the second part at least partly cover the electronic controller, and the first and second parts defining an interior space with the electronic controller being at least partly disposed in the interior space of the bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.