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US 7,841,255 B2Granted
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.
Claims16
An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted to a free end of a handlebar having a center axis defining an axial direction of the free end of the handlebar, the handlebar mounting portion including a support member with a projecting section and a switch support that extends primarily in the axial direction of the free end of the handlebar so as to form an extension of the handlebar;
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- an electrical shift control switch portion coupled to the switch support of 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 about an operating axis that is parallel to the center axis of the free end of the handlebar,
- 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 to the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
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An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted to 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 coupled 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,
- 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 to the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction,
- the operating member being movably arranged and configured to be selectively moved relative to the handlebar mounting portion between a neutral position and a first actuating position that is spaced from the neutral position,
- the electrical shift control switch portion further including a biasing element arranged and configured to urge the operating member to the neutral position.
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An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted to 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 coupled 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,
- 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,
- 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 to the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
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An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted to 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 coupled 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,
- the electrical shift control switch portion having an electrical wire opening having an electrical wire extending therefrom, the electrical wire opening extending in a direction parallel to the center axis of the free end of the handlebar such that the electrical wire can be routed along the handlebar,
- the electrical wire opening being arranged externally of an outer surface of the free end of the handlebar when the handlebar mounting portion is fixedly mounted in the free end of the handlebar to route the electrical wire along an external surface of the free end of the handlebar,
- 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 to the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
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An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted to 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 coupled 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,
- the electrical shift control switch portion having an electrical wire opening having an electrical wire extending therefrom, the electrical wire opening extending in a direction parallel to the center axis of the free end of the handlebar such that the electrical wire can be routed along the handlebar,
- the operating member having an arc-shaped operating surface that extends circumferentially partially about the center axis when the handlebar mounting portion is fixedly mounted in the free end of the handlebar, the arc-shaped operating surface extending circumferentially less than one-hundred-eighty degrees about the center axis when the handlebar mounting portion is fixedly mounted in the free end of the handlebar,
- 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 to the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
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An electrical bicycle shift control device comprising:
- a handlebar mounting portion configured to be fixedly mounted to a free end of a handlebar having a center axis defining an axial direction of the free end of the handlebar, the handlebar mounting portion including a support member with a projecting section and a switch support that extends primarily in the axial direction of the free end of the handlebar so as to form an extension of the handlebar;
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- an electrical shift control switch portion including an operating member movably coupled relative to the switch support of the handlebar mounting portion about an operating axis that is parallel to the center axis of the free end of the handlebar, the operating member being axially arranged relative to the handle bar 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 to the free end of the handlebar as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
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