发明名称 Gear indicator for a bicycle
摘要 A gear indicator for use on a bicycle is provided remotely from the shift operating device. The gear indicator is coupled to a shift operating device via an indicator cable. The gear indicator basically includes a housing with an indicator member slidably coupled to the indicator cable with in the housing. The location of the indicator member relative to the housing indicates a gear currently engaged by the chain. In the most preferred embodiments, an indicator member is frictionally mounted on the inner wire of the indicator cable for automatically adjusting of the indicator member in the event that the cable becomes elongated or the indicator member becomes misaligned. The housing has a biasing member coupled between one wall of an interior cavity and the first end of the inner wire of the cable indicator for biasing the indicator member to one of its end positions. An abutment or stopper is provided within the housing to engage indicator member to automatically adjust the indicator member along the cable in the event that the cable becomes elongated or the indicator member becomes misaligned. In other embodiments, a gear position indicia portion of the housing is frictionally coupled to the housing for manually or automatically adjusting the gear position indicia relative to the indicator member.
申请公布号 US6295888(B1) 申请公布日期 2001.10.02
申请号 US19990250412 申请日期 1999.02.16
申请人 SHIMANO INC. 发明人 WATARAI ETSUYOSHI
分类号 B62J99/00;B62M25/02;B62M25/04;(IPC1-7):F16C1/10;B62J6/00 主分类号 B62J99/00
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