Electrical bicycle shift control device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorKazuhiro Fujii
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Abstract
An electrical bicycle shift control device is provided that includes a handlebar mounting portion and an electrical shift control switch portion. The handlebar mounting portion is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar. The electrical shift control switch portion is fixedly mounted to the handlebar mounting portion. The electrical shift control switch portion includes an operating member arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between a neutral position and a first actuating position.
Claims23
An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar having a center axis defining an axial direction of the free end of the handlebar;
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- an electrical shift control switch portion fixedly mounted to the handlebar mounting portion, the electrical shift control switch portion including an operating member arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between a neutral position and a first actuating position,
- the operating member being axially arranged relative to the handlebar mounting portion such that the operating member does not axially overlap the free end of the handlebar when the handlebar mounting portion is fixedly mounted in the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar;
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- an electrical shift control switch portion fixedly mounted to the handlebar mounting portion, the electrical shift control switch portion including an operating member and a biasing element,
- the operating member being arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between a neutral position and a first actuating position and being arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between the neutral position and a second actuating position that is spaced from the first actuating position, the biasing element being arranged and configured to urge the operating member to the neutral position.
An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar;
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- an electrical shift control switch portion fixedly mounted to the handlebar mounting portion, the electrical shift control switch portion including an operating member arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between a neutral position and a first actuating position,
- the electrical shift control switch portion being detachably coupled to the handlebar mounting portion such that the electrical shift control switch portion can be removed from the handlebar mounting portion without removing the handlebar mounting portion from the free end of the handlebar.
An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar;
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- an electrical shift control switch portion fixedly mounted to the handlebar mounting portion, the electrical shift control switch portion including an operating member arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between a neutral position and a first actuating position,
- the handlebar mounting portion including a support member with the electrical shift control switch portion coupled thereto and an expandable unit coupled to the support member that is slidable within the free end of the handlebar in a first configuration and non-slidable in a second configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.