Bicycle brake device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorMinoru Itou
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Abstract
A cable connecting apparatus includes a cable sleeve adapted to receive the outer casing of a control cable; a guide having a first end portion and a second end portion for movably supporting the cable sleeve; and a biasing device for biasing the cable sleeve toward the second end portion of the guide. In another device, a connecting member is provided for connecting a portion of a first inner wire located between a first outer casing and a second outer casing to a portion of a second inner wire disposed between a third outer casing and a fourth outer casing, wherein the connector moves together with the first inner wire and the second inner wire. A position confirmation means allows the position of at least one of the first outer casing, the second outer casing, the third outer casing and the fourth outer casing to be visually confirmed.
Claims16
A connecting apparatus for a control cable having an inner wire that slides within an outer casing comprising:
- a cable sleeve adapted to receive the outer casing of the control cable;
- a guide having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the guide supports the cable sleeve so that the cable sleeve moves toward the first end portion and the second end portion;
- wherein the first end portion of the guide includes a mounting portion for fixing the guide to a mounting member;
- a biasing device for biasing the cable sleeve toward the second end portion of the guide;
- wherein the biasing device comprises a coil spring comprising a plurality of coils disposed between the guide and the cable sleeve;
- wherein the spring surrounds a portion of the outer casing of the control cable;
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- wherein the cable sleeve includes a spring sleeve that forms an annular space with itself dimensioned to receive a plurality of complete coils of the spring therein, and wherein a plurality of complete coils of the spring are disposed in the annular space.
A connecting apparatus for a first control cable having a first inner wire that slides within a first outer casing and a second outer casing, and a second control cable having a second inner wire that slides within a third outer casing and a fourth outer casing, the apparatus comprising:
- a bracket including:
- a first support for supporting the first outer casing;
- a second support for supporting the second outer casing;
- a third support for supporting the third outer casing;
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- a fourth support for supporting the fourth outer casing;
- a connecting member for connecting a portion of the first inner wire located between the first outer casing and the second outer casing to a portion of the second inner wire disposed between the third outer casing and the fourth outer casing, wherein the connector moves together with the first inner wire and the second inner wire;
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- play confirmation means that allows a play of at least one of the first outer casing, the second outer casing, the third outer casing and the fourth outer casing to be visually confirmed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.