US 6,631,656 B2Granted

Handlebar switch mounting structure

AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYukimi Ase, Yoji Kanaoka, Koji Kano

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Abstract

A handlebar switch mounting structure capable of firmly attaching a handlebar switch unit on a handlebar pipe and to improve the outward appearance of the handlebar switch. The handlebar switch mounting structure includes a first bracket having a circular portion which can be attached on substantially a half of the periphery of the handlebar pipe portion and front and rear flange portions and extended from both ends of the circular portion. The second bracket is provided that includes a circular portion which can be attached on the remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar pipe portion. The first and second brackets are securely fixed on the handlebar pipe portion by joining the second bracket to the first bracket set on the handlebar pipe portion. With the front and rear flange portions sandwiched together, the first and second case halves are joined and then attached to the handlebar pipe portion through the front and rear flange portions.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A handlebar switch mounting structure for installation on a handlebar, comprising:

a case attached to one end of the handlebar, the case having a first case half and a second case half;
a first bracket including a circular portion adapted to be attached on approximately a half portion of a periphery of the handlebar, said first bracket having two flange portions;
a second bracket having at least a circular portion adapted to be attached on a remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar, said second bracket being joined to said first bracket installed on the handlebar thereby securing said first and second brackets to the handlebar, said second bracket having one flange portion, said first and second case halves being positioned with said flange portions therebetween, and said first and second case halves being attached to each other by two bolts that are offset from each other along a length of the handlebar, thus fixing the mounting structure to said one end of the handlebar;
and
wherein one of the flange portions of said first bracket includes an aperture with a threaded portion, an attachment member being positioned in an aperture in the flange portion of said second bracket for securing said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

2 more elements

A handlebar switch mounting structure for installation on one end of a handlebar, the structure comprising:

a first case half and a second case half;
a first bracket including a first circular portion adapted to be attached on approximately a half portion of a periphery of the handlebar and a pair of flange portions projecting from both ends of said circular portion;
and
a second bracket having a second circular portion adapted to be attached on a remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar, said second bracket being joined to said first bracket installed on the handlebar, thereby securing said first and second brackets to the handlebar, said first and second case halves being positioned with said flange portions therebetween, said first and second case halves being attached to each other by bolts that are offset from each other along a length of the handlebar, thus fixing the structure to said one end of the handlebar;
wherein one of the flange portions of said first bracket includes an aperture with a threaded portion, an attachment member being positioned in an aperture in a corresponding flange portion of said second bracket for securing said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/922,867Filed 7 Aug 2001
Priority: JP 2000-2390637 Aug 2000
Published: US 2002/0014565 A17 Feb 2002
Granted: 14 Oct 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B62K 11/14
Motorcycles, engine-assisted cycles or motor scooters with one or two wheels: handlebar constructions, or arrangements of controls thereon,…
B62J 6/165
Arrangement of switches: wireless switches
B62K 23/02
Rider-operated controls specially adapted for cycles, i.e. means for initiating control operations, e.g. levers, grips: hand actuated
H01H 2009/068
Casing of switch constituted by a handle serving a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. by the handle of a vacuum cleaner: with…