Bicycle operating apparatus

US11479318B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Linke · Schonungen, DE
• Wolfram Frank · Bamberg, DE
• Thorsten Hamisch · Obbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: May 8, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62K21/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle operating apparatus for wirelessly controlling at least one component of a bicycle includes a carrier element on a fastening device for fixing the bicycle operating apparatus to a handlebar of the bicycle, a housing attachable to the carrier element having an energy storage compartment for receiving an energy storage element and having an electronic circuit arrangement in the housing. At least one switch is connected to the electronic circuit arrangement on the housing. An operating component mounted on the carrier element to be pivotable about an operating axis preloaded into a neutral position which is able to be deflected out of the neutral position in a first direction of rotation about the operating axis in order to actuate the switch, and the operating axis extends obliquely with respect to the flat outer surface.