Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1999-08-31
2000-12-19
Green, Mary Ann
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
74489, B62K 2306, B62L 302
Patent
active
061614483
ABSTRACT:
A brake lever device includes a grip part and a mounting arm extending transversely from the grip part wherein the mounting arm is pivotally connected to a body mounted to the handlebar. The mounting arm has a first slot with a pin movably extending therethrough which is connected to a bracket to which the cast lug barrel of the brake cable is fixedly connected. The mounting arm has a second slot with a sleeve movably extending therethrough and an adjusting bolt extends through the second slot and threadedly transversely extends through the sleeve. A connecting device connected between the pin and the sleeve. The second slot is oriented substantially in parallel with the direction of the tension force of the brake cable.
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patent: 5660082 (1997-08-01), Hsieh
patent: 5819589 (1998-10-01), Nakashima et al.
Green Mary Ann
Warren, Jr. Sanford E.
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