Device for shifting bicycle gears

Details Device for shifting bicycle gears Device for shifting bicycle gears

1998-08-11

1999-11-23

Graysay, Tamara L.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Multiple controlled elements

745022, 74527, 74489, F16C 110, G05G 104, G05G 1100

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059880082

ABSTRACT:
A device for shifting bicycle gears. The device includes a housing part and a rotary element. The housing part has a circumferential surface and a plurality of notches formed in the circumferential surface. Each of the plurality of notches corresponds to a gear-shifting position. The rotary element has a circumferential wall and is selectively rotatable relative to the housing part, the housing part being disposed concentrically within the circumferential wall of the rotary element. The device further includes a detent spring configured as a wrap spring and arranged circumferentially around the housing part, the wrap spring having a wrap diameter and a wrap angle of between approximately 180.degree. and 360.degree..

REFERENCES:
patent: 5476019 (1995-12-01), Cheever et al.
patent: 5524501 (1996-06-01), Patterson et al.
patent: 5676020 (1997-10-01), Jordan et al.

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