Back to results
US 6,802,231 B1Granted
Closure member for an opening in an assembly, situated on a bicycle gear box
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorRobert Wessel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a closure member for an opening in an assembly on a housing for a bicycle gear box. Said closure member, consisting of a rubber elastic material, is captively connected to the housing by an extension and can be swung open and closed in a similar manner to a hinge. The confirmation can be optically improved by the formation of an upper lip.
Claims7
An access panel assembly for a bicycle shift mechanism, comprising:
- a housing including an installation opening;
- a control cable internally routed within the housing and accessible through the installation opening;
- a closure member for covering the installation opening, the closure member made of elastomeric material, the closure member including an extension insertable through the installation opening and attachable to an interior of the housing;
- and
- a holding member connecting the extension of the closure member to the housing such that the closure member remains connected to the housing when the installation opening is both covered and uncovered by the closure member,
- the closure member configured to seal against the housing and not the extension when the closure member covers the installation opening.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.