Bicycle handlebar clamp assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550544-B2
Application number	US-201213558862-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2012
Priority date	Jul 26, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A bicycle handlebar clamp assembly has a handlebar clamp, a fixing nut, and a fixing bolt. The fixing nut includes a threaded bore having a bolt entrance opening and a bolt exit opening. The fixing nut defines a bolt shaft receiving space disposed adjacent the bolt exit opening. The fixing bolt includes a head and a shaft extending from the head. The shaft has a non-threaded portion disposed between two threaded portions. One of threaded portions is disposed closer to the head of the fixing bolt than the other threaded portion. The threaded portions are dimensioned to threadedly engage the threaded bore of the fixing nut. The non-threaded portion has a axial length that is greater than the axial length of the threaded bore of the fixing nut.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bicycle handlebar clamp assembly comprising:
a handlebar clamp configured to clamp a handlebar having a longitudinal center axis, the handlebar clamp having a fixing nut receiving aperture;
a fixing nut having a threaded bore and an attachment opening, the fixing nut being movably disposed in the fixing nut receiving aperture in an axial direction of the fixing nut receiving aperture between a first position and a second position;
a fixing bolt threadedly engaged with the threaded bore of the fixing nut; and
an attachment pin coupling the fixing nut to the handlebar clamp, the attachment pin including a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion and a middle shaft portion, each of the first and second shaft portions having a diameter larger than a diameter of the middle shaft portion and an axial length of the middle shaft portion being longer than an axial length of each of the first and second shaft portions, the diameters being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis in an axial direction of the attachment pin, the middle shaft portion being disposed in the attachment opening of the fixing nut, the attachment pin being removably received by the fixing nut, the longitudinal axis of the attachment pin being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handlebar when the handlebar clamp is clamped to the handlebar, and the attachment pin being integrally formed as a one-piece member.

2. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the second shaft portion is screwed into an attachment bore of the handlebar clamp.

3. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the handlebar clamp has a handlebar engagement surface and an attachment bore with the attachment pin disposed therein.

4. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 3 , wherein
the fixing nut receiving aperture extends through the handlebar clamp to the handlebar engagement surface,
the attachment opening of the fixing nut has a larger transverse dimension than the diameter of the middle shaft portion,
the fixing nut extends into a handlebar receiving area defined by the handlebar engagement surface while the fixing nut is in the first position, and
the fixing nut does not extend into the handlebar receiving area while the fixing nut is in the second position.

5. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the handlebar clamp includes a first clamp part and a second clamp part, a first end of each of the first and second clamp parts being hinged together and a second end of each of the first and second clamp parts being fastened together by a fastener.

6. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the handlebar clamp includes a first clamp part and a second clamp part, a first end of each of the first and second clamp parts being fastened together by a first fastener and a second end of each of the first and second clamp parts being fastened together by a second fastener.

7. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising
a component mounting bracket attached to the handlebar clamp by the fixing bolt.

8. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 7 , further comprising
at least one of a gear shifting operation device, a suspension controller and a seat height controller attached to the component mounting bracket.

9. The bicycle handlebar clamp assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising
a brake lever pivotally mounted to the handlebar clamp.

Assignees

• Takeuchi Toshihiko
• Miki Yoshimitsu
• Hirotomi Shinya
• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Takeuchi Toshihiko
• Miki Yoshimitsu
• Hirotomi Shinya

Classifications

• B62K23/06 Primary

  Levers · CPC title

• B62K21/12

  Handlebars; Handlebar stems · CPC title

• F16B33/00

  Features common to bolt and nut · CPC title

• Y10T74/20822

  Attachments and accessories · CPC title

• Y10T74/20256

  Steering and controls assemblies · CPC title