Patent · US Active

Bicycle shifter

US7878089B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

9References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH · DE

Inventors

Scott McLaughlin · Chicago, US
Martin Weiss · York, US
Robert Bohm · Mainberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 8, 2005
Grant date	Feb 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20438
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A trigger shifter for operating a bicycle gear change device that includes a housing mountable to handlebar, a cable spool for pulling and releasing a control cable connected to the gear change device, a pull lever mechanism and a release lever mechanism. The pull lever mechanism includes a pull lever rotatable about a first axis defining a first plane of motion perpendicular to the first axis. The release lever mechanism includes a release lever rotatable about a second axis defining a second plane of motion perpendicular to the second axis. The first and second planes of motion form an angle therebetween in the range of 20 to 70 degrees.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.