US 2015/0090550 A1 · BICYCLE HYDRAULIC OPERATING DEVICE

Abstract

A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprises a base member, a piston, and a plug member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar and has a cylinder bore and a through-hole. The cylinder bore extends in a first direction. The through-hole includes an outer opening on an outer surface of the base member and extends from the cylinder bore. The piston is configured to be movably disposed within the cylinder bore. The plug member is configured to plug up the through-hole and has an inside part disposed inside the outer opening. The inside part has a maximum outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the outer opening.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprising:

a base member configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar and having:
a cylinder bore extending in a first direction;
and
a through-hole including an outer opening on an outer surface of the base member and extending from the cylinder bore;
a piston configured to be movably disposed within the cylinder bore;
and
a plug member configured to plug up the through-hole and having an inside part disposed inside the outer opening, the inside part having a maximum outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the outer opening.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/043,773Filed 1 Oct 2013

Published

2 Apr 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B62L 3/023
For control by a hand lever: acting on fluid pressure systems
B62K 23/06
Hand actuated: levers
B62M 9/121
The chain, belt, or the like being laterally shiftable , e.g. using a rear derailleur: rear derailleurs
B62M 9/122
Rear derailleurs: electrically or fluid actuated; Controls thereof

Bicycle hydraulic operating device

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Bicycle hydraulic operating device

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Abstract

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