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US 9,849,932 B2Granted
Bicycle component operating apparatus
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsYoshimitsu Miki, Kazutaka Fukao, Kentaro Kosaka
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Abstract
A bicycle component operating apparatus includes a first operating device and a second operating device. The first operating device includes a base member and an operating member movably arranged with respect to the base member, and the first operating device being configured to perform an operation of at least one of a bicycle transmission component and a bicycle brake component, the base member having an attachment area. The second operating device is detachably attached to the attachment area of the base member, the second operating device being configured to perform an operation of a bicycle height adjustable seat post.
Claims14
A bicycle component operating apparatus comprising:
- a first operating device including a base member and an operating member movably arranged with respect to the base member, the first operating device being configured to perform an operation of at least one of a bicycle transmission component and a bicycle brake component, the base member having an attachment area having;
- an attachment area opening having a first axial end with a first center line and a second axial end with a second center line, the first and second center lines being linearly aligned;
- a cable configured to operate a bicycle component;
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- a second operating device being connected to the cable, the second operating device being detachably attached to the attachment area of the base member, the second operating device having an operating member and a housing having a housing opening with a first axial end and a second axial end, the operating;
- member of the second operating;
- device protruding from the first axial end of the housing and the first axial end of the attachment area opening, the cable protruding from the second axial end of the housing opening and the second axial end of the attachment area opening, the operating member of the second operating device extending through a housing opening and being linearly slidable within the housing opening to move the operating member of the second operating device relative to the housing such that the second operating device is configured to perform a height adjustment operation of a bicycle height adjustable seat post.
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A bicycle component operating apparatus comprising:
- a first operating device including a base member and an operating member movably arranged with respect to the base member, the first operating device being configured to perform an operation of at least one of a bicycle transmission component and a bicycle brake component, the base member having an attachment area having an attachment area opening with a first axial end, a second axial end and an internal thread portion;
- a cable configured to operate a bicycle component;
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- a second operating device being connected to the cable and having an attachment part including an external thread portion configured to engage the internal thread portion such that the attachment part that is detachably disposed in the attachment area of the base member, the second operating device having an operating member and a housing having a housing opening with a first axial end and a second axial end, the operating member of the second operating device protruding from the first axial end of the housing and the first axial end of the attachment area opening;
- the cable protruding from the second axial end of the housing opening and the second axial end of the attachment area opening, the operating member of the second operating device extending through a housing opening and being linearly slidable within the housing opening to move the operating member of the second operating device relative to the housing such that the second operating device is configured to perform a height adjustment operation of a bicycle height adjustable seat post.
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A bicycle component operating apparatus comprising:
- a first operating device including a base member and an operating member movably arranged with respect to the base member, the first operating device being configured to perform an operation of at least one of a bicycle transmission component and a bicycle brake component, the base member having an attachment area having an attachment area opening with a first axial end, a second axial end and an internal thread portion;
- a cable configured to operate a bicycle component;
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- a second operating device being connected to the cable and having an attachment part detachably retained in the attachment area opening by a snap-fit connection, the second operating device having an operating member and a housing having a housing opening with a first axial end and a second axial end, the operating member of the second operating device protruding from the first axial end of the housing and the first axial end of the attachment area opening, the cable protruding from the second axial end of the housing opening and the second axial end of the attachment area opening, the operating member of the second operating device extending through a housing opening and being linearly slidable within the housing opening to move the operating member of the second operating device relative to the housing such that the second operating device is configured to perform a height adjustment operation of a bicycle height adjustable seat post.
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A bicycle component operating apparatus comprising:
- a first operating device including a base member and an operating member movably arranged with respect to the base member, the first operating device being configured to perform an operation of at least one of a bicycle transmission component and a bicycle brake component, the base member having an attachment area having an attachment area opening having a first axial end with a first center line and a second axial end with a second center line, the first and second center lines being linearly aligned;
- a cable configured to operate a bicycle component not including the at least one bicycle transmission component and the bicycle brake component;
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- a second operating device connected to the cable and including an attachment part that is detachably disposed in the attachment area opening of the base member, the second operating device further having an operating member and a housing, the operating member of the second operating device extending through a housing opening and being linearly slidable within the housing opening and being linearly slideable within the attachment area opening to actuate the cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.