Operating device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorKentaro Kosaka
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Abstract
An operating device is basically provided with a base, a first operating member, a second operating member and an electric operating unit. The base is configured to mount the operating device to a handlebar. The base defines a mounting axis. The first operating member is pivotally arranged with respect to the base around a pivot axis. The second operating member is pivotally arranged with respect to the base around the pivot axis. The second operating member is a separate member from the first operating member. The electric operating unit is configured to be activated in response to a pivotal movement of the first operating member. The first operating member is arranged closer to the mounting axis than the electric operating unit.
Claims22
An operating device comprising:
- a base configured to mount the operating device to a handlebar, and the base defining a mounting axis;
- a first operating member arranged to pivot about a pivot axis with respect to the base;
- a second operating member arranged to pivot about the pivot axis with respect to the base, the second operating member being a separate member from the first operating member;
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- an electric operating unit provided on the base and configured to be activated in response to a pivotal movement of the first operating member, the first operating member being arranged closer to the mounting axis than the electric operating unit,
- the first operating member and the second operating member being independently operatable by pivoting about the pivot axis, and
- the mounting axis and the pivot axis not lying in a single plane.
An operating device comprising:
- a base configured to mount the operating device to a handlebar, and the base defining a mounting axis;
- a first operating member arranged to pivot about a pivot axis with respect to the base, the pivot axis obliquely extending with respect to the mounting axis;
- a second operating member arranged to pivot about the pivot axis with respect to the base;
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- an electric operating unit provided on the base and configured to be activated in response to a pivotal movement of the first operating member, the first operating member being arranged closer to the mounting axis than the electric operating unit,
- the first operating member and the second operating member being independently operatable by pivoting about the pivot axis, and
- the mounting axis and the pivot axis not lying in a single plane.
An operating device comprising:
- a base configured to mount the operating device to a handlebar, and the base defining a mounting axis;
- a first operating member arranged to pivot about a pivot axis with respect to the base, the first operating member having a first user interface, the pivot axis being arranged between the first user interface and the mounting axis as seen in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis;
- a second operating member arranged to pivot about the pivot axis with respect to the base, the second operating member being a separate member from the first operating member;
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- an electric operating unit provided on the base,
- the first operating member and the second operating member being independently operatable by pivoting about the pivot axis, and
- the mounting axis and the pivot axis not lying in a single plane.
An operating device comprising:
- a base configured to mount the operating device to a handlebar, and the base defining a mounting axis;
- a first operating member pivotally arranged with respect to the base around a pivot axis;
- a second operating member pivotally arranged with respect to the base around the pivot axis, the second operating member being a separate member from the first operating member;
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- an electric operating unit provided on the base and configured to be activated in response to a pivotal movement of the first operating member, the first operating member being arranged closer to the mounting axis than the electric operating unit,
- the base including a first pivot support and a second pivot support that is axially spaced from the first pivot support along the pivot axis,
- the first operating member being pivotally mounted to the first pivot support and the second pivot support, and
- the second operating member being pivotally mounted to the first pivot support and the second pivot support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.