Bicycle electric control device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsKentaro Kosaka, Nobukatsu Hara, Michihiro Kodama
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Abstract
An electric control device for a bicycle that includes a base member mountable to a bicycle handlebar, a first electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member, and a second electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member. The first electric user interface member and the second electric user interface member are adjustable relative to one another.
Claims18
An electric control device for a bicycle, the electric control device comprising:
- a base member that includes a clamp member that is adapted to be attached to a bicycle handlebar,
- a first electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member, wherein the first electric user interface member includes a first switch unit, and
- a second electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member, wherein the second electric user interface member includes a second switch unit,
- wherein the first electric user interface member and the second electric user interface member are adjustable relative to one another, wherein the base member includes a bracket member on which the first and second electric user interface members are mounted, wherein one of the first electric user interface member and the bracket member includes a first spherical recess and the other of the first electric user interface member and the bracket member includes a first spherical protrusion that is received in the first spherical recess, and wherein the interaction of the first spherical recess and the first spherical protrusion provides for adjustability of the position of the first electric user interface member.
An electric control device for a bicycle, the electric control device comprising:
- a base member mountable to a bicycle handlebar, wherein the base member includes a first elongated bore defined therein,
- a first electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member, wherein the first electric user interface member includes a first threaded fastener defining a first axis that extends through the first elongated bore, and wherein the first threaded fastener is movable along the first elongated bore in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the first axis to provide adjustability of the position of the first electric user interface member, and
- a second electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member.
An electric control device for a bicycle, the electric control device comprising:
- a base member mountable to a bicycle handlebar, wherein the base member includes at least first and second openings defined therein,
- a first electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member, wherein the first electric user interface member includes a first threaded fastener that extends through the first opening, whereby the first threaded fastener can be disposed in the second opening to adjust the position of the first electric user interface member, and
- a second electric user interface member operatively coupled to the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.