# US 11,897,573 B2 · Operating device for human-powered vehicle

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- Number: US 11,897,573 B2
- Document ID: US11897573B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/950,831
- Filed: 2020-11-17
- Published: 2022-03-03
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-08-26
- Assignees: Shimano Inc.
- Applicants: Shimano Inc.
- Inventors: Ayako Takahashi; Takuma Sakai; Yasuyuki Komada; Yusuke Nishikawa; Kentaro Kosaka; Takaya Masuda; Katsuhiro Tachibana; Shun Kakehashi; Yuichiro Hidaka; Fumihide Numata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897573B2

## CPC

- B62K 23/02: hand actuated (arrangements of controls on handle-bars of engine-driven cycles B62K11/14)
- B62K 23/06: Levers
- B62J 6/24: warning or informing the rider, e.g. low fuel warning lights
- B62J 43/30: for providing power to equipment other than for propulsion
- B62L 3/02: for control by a hand lever (hand levers for control of cycles in general B62K23/06)
- G05G 1/04: Controlling members for hand actuation by pivoting movement, e.g. levers
- B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
- B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62L: BRAKES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES {(arrangements in cycles for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions B60T8/00)}
- G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00)

## Abstract

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The first substrate is provided to one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is provided to the one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is separate from the first substrate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle, comprising:
a base member;
an operating member movably coupled to the base member;
a first substrate and a second substrate provided to the base member, the second substrate being separate from the first substrate; and
at least one first electric component electrically mounted on the first substrate or the second substrate, wherein
the operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis, and
the first substrate extends along a plane parallel to the pivot axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The operating device according to claim 1, wherein
the first substrate extends along a first reference plane, and
the second substrate extends along a second reference plane different from the first reference plane.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The operating device according to claim 2, wherein
the first reference plane is non-parallel to the second reference plane.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The operating device according to claim 2, wherein
the first reference plane is perpendicular to the second reference plane.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The operating device according to claim 2, wherein
the first substrate has a first minimum length defined in a first direction along the first reference plane,
the second substrate has a second minimum length defined in a second direction along the second reference plane, and
at least one of the first minimum length and the second minimum length is larger than a minimum distance defined between the first substrate and the second substrate.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The operating device according to claim 1, further comprising
a third substrate configured to electrically connect the first substrate to the second substrate, the third substrate being a different substrate from the first substrate and the second substrate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The operating device according to claim 6, wherein
the third substrate includes a flexible member configured to electrically connect the first substrate to the second substrate.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The operating device according to claim 6, further comprising
a substrate support configured to support the third substrate relative to at least one of the operating member, the base member, the first substrate and the second substrate.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The operating device according to claim 8, wherein
the substrate support includes an elastic member.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The operating device according to claim 1, wherein
the base member extends in a longitudinal direction and includes
a first end portion configured to be coupled to a handlebar, and
a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the longitudinal direction, and
at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is accommodated at the second end portion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The operating device according to claim 1, further comprising:
at least one second electric component electrically mounted on the second substrate, wherein
the at least one first electric component is electrically mounted on the first substrate, and
a first total number of the at least one first electric component is different from a second total number of the at least one second electric component.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The operating device according to claim 11, wherein
the second total number is larger than the first total number.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The operating device according to claim 11, wherein
the at least one second electric component includes at least one of
a controller including a processor, the controller being configured to control one or more components of the operating device and/or another device in response to user input, and
an electric power source.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The operating device according to claim 1, wherein
the first substrate is electrically connected to the second substrate.

### Claim 15

A first substrate provided on an operating device for a human-powered vehicle, the operating device including a base member, an operating member movably coupled to the base member, a second substrate provided to one of the base member and the operating member, and at least one second electric component electrically mounted on the second substrate, the first substrate comprising:
at least one first electric component, wherein
a first total number of the at least one first electric component is different than a second total number of the at least one second electric component, and
the first substrate is configured to be connected to an additional substrate on which at least one third electric component having a third total number different from the first total number and the second total number.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The first substrate according to claim 15, wherein
the second total number of the at least one second electric component is larger than the first total number of the at least one first electric component.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The first substrate according to claim 15, wherein
the at least one second electric component includes at least one of
a controller including a processor, the controller being configured to control one or more components of the operating device and/or another device in response to user input,
an electric power source, and
a wireless communicator.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The first substrate according to claim 17, wherein
the at least one first electric component includes a switch electrically mounted on the first substrate.

### Claim 19

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle, comprising:
a base member;
an operating member movably coupled to the base member;
a first substrate provided to one of the base member and the operating member;
a second substrate provided to the one of the base member and the operating member, the second substrate being separate from the first substrate;
at least one first electric component electrically mounted on the first substrate; and
at least one second electric component electrically mounted on the second substrate, wherein
the first electric component is connected to the second electric component, and
at least one of the first electric component and the second electric component is connected to an additional electric component via a cable.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The operating device according to claim 19, wherein
the additional electric component includes a switch.