Bicycle hydraulic operating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9937978-B2
Application number	US-201615183321-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2016
Priority date	Jun 15, 2016
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A bicycle hydraulic operating device is basically provided with a base member, a piston, an operating member and a hydraulic reservoir. The base member includes a cylinder bore. The piston is movably disposed in the cylinder bore. The operating member coupled to the piston to move the piston within the cylinder bore. The hydraulic reservoir includes a hydraulic reservoir tank and a reservoir lid. The hydraulic reservoir tank is fluidly connected to the cylinder bore. The reservoir lid closes a tank opening of the hydraulic reservoir tank. The tank opening defines an opening cross sectional area. The hydraulic reservoir tank defines a tank cross sectional area parallel to the opening cross sectional area. The opening cross sectional area of the tank opening is smaller than the tank cross sectional area of the hydraulic reservoir tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprising:
a base member including a cylinder bore;
a piston movably disposed in the cylinder bore;
an operating member coupled to the piston to move the piston within the cylinder bore; and
a hydraulic reservoir including a hydraulic reservoir tank fluidly connected to the cylinder bore and a reservoir lid closing a tank opening of the hydraulic reservoir tank, the tank opening defining an opening cross sectional area, the hydraulic reservoir tank defining a tank cross sectional area parallel to the opening cross sectional area, the opening cross sectional area of the tank opening being smaller than the tank cross sectional area of the hydraulic reservoir tank.

2. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tank opening is rectangularly shaped.

3. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic reservoir includes a diaphragm that is at least partially disposed inside the hydraulic reservoir tank.

4. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 3 , wherein
the diaphragm is a bottle shaped member including a neck portion and a body portion which is larger than the neck portion.

5. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 4 , wherein
the body portion of the diaphragm has a cross sectional area that is parallel to the opening cross sectional area and is larger than the opening cross sectional area of the tank opening.

6. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 4 , wherein
the neck portion has a diaphragm opening, which is arranged opposite to the body portion, and the neck portion is fixed on the tank opening.

7. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 4 , wherein
the diaphragm divides the hydraulic reservoir tank into an air chamber and a hydraulic fluid chamber.

8. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 7 , wherein
the reservoir lid has an air passageway connecting the air chamber to outside of the base member.

9. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 7 , wherein
the hydraulic reservoir tank includes a bleed port opening adjacent a neck area of the hydraulic fluid chamber that is defined by the neck portion of the diaphragm.

10. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic reservoir tank is bonded to the base member.

11. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic reservoir tank is fixed to the base member by a fastenerless joint.

12. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic reservoir tank and the base member are made of a resin material.

13. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a handlebar mounting structure disposed on the base member.

14. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the operating member includes a lever pivotally mounted relative to the base member.

15. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the base member is configured to be gripped by a user.

16. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 15 , wherein
the base member includes a handlebar receiving recess arranged at a first end portion and a pommel portion arranged at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion.

17. The bicycle hydraulic operating device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a shifting unit disposed on one of the base member and the operating member.

18. A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprising:
a base member including a cylinder bore;
a piston movably disposed in the cylinder bore;
an operating member coupled to the piston to move the piston within the cylinder bore;
a hydraulic reservoir tank defining a bottle shaped inner space having a neck portion and a body portion, the body portion being larger than the neck portion; and
a fluid passage extending between the body portion of the hydraulic reservoir tank and the cylinder bore.

Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Miki Yoshimitsu
• Nishino Takafumi

Classifications

• B62L3/023 Primary

  acting on fluid pressure systems · CPC title

• B62K23/06

  Levers · CPC title

• B62M25/04

  hand actuated · CPC title

• B62M25/08

  with electrical or fluid transmitting systems · CPC title