Dual control lever and bicycle stem having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9975604-B2
Application number	US-201514853595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2015
Priority date	Mar 18, 2015
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A dual control lever includes a fixed base, a brake lever, a pivot lever, a first electrical button, a second electrical button and a third electrical button. The brake lever is pivoted on the fixed base. The pivot lever is rotatably close to the brake lever. The first electrical button is disposed on the pivot lever. The second electrical button disposed on the pivot lever. The third electrical button is disposed on the pivot lever.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dual control lever, comprising:
a fixed base;
a brake lever pivoted on the fixed base;
a pivot lever rotatable with respect to the brake lever;
a first electrical button disposed on the pivot lever;
a second electrical button disposed on the pivot lever; and
a third electrical button disposed on the pivot lever; wherein the pivot lever comprises a fixed-end part and a free-end part which are connected to each other, the fixed-end part is pivoted on the brake lever, the free-end part is connected to the brake lever through the fixed-end part, and the first electrical button, the second electrical button and the third electrical button are disposed on the free-end part of the pivot lever so that the first electrical button, the second electrical button and the third electrical button are movable with respect to the brake lever.

2. The dual control lever according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot lever is pivoted on the brake lever.

3. The dual control lever according to claim 1 , wherein an axis of rotation of the pivot lever is orthogonal to an axis of rotation of the brake lever.

4. The dual control lever according to claim 3 , wherein the axis of rotation of the pivot lever is substantially parallel to an extension direction of the brake lever.

5. The dual control lever according to claim 3 , wherein the axis of rotation of the brake lever is substantially orthogonal to an extension direction of the brake lever.

6. The dual control lever according to claim 1 , further comprising a restoration component with two ends which are opposite to each other, one of the ends of the restoration component is connected to the brake lever, and the other end of the restoration component is connected to the pivot lever.

7. The dual control lever according to claim 1 , further comprising a functional circuit unit electrically connected to the first electrical button, the second electrical button and the third electrical button.

8. The dual control lever according to claim 7 , wherein when the first electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a first control signal for shifting an half speed step in response, when the second electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a second control signal for shifting up one speed step in response, and when the third electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a third control signal for shifting down one speed step in response.

9. The dual control lever according to claim 7 , wherein when both the first electrical button and the second electrical button are triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a first control signal for shifting up multiple speed steps in response, and when both the third electrical button and the first electrical button are triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a second control signal for shifting down multiple speed steps in response.

10. The dual control lever according to claim 7 , further comprising a fourth electrical button and a fifth electrical button both of which are disposed on the fixed base and electrically connected to the functional circuit unit.

11. The dual control lever according to claim 10 , wherein when the fourth electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a first control signal for shifting an half speed step in response, and when the fifth electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a second control signal for shifting up one speed step in response.

12. A bicycle stem, comprising:
a handlebar comprising a central part, a right gripping part and a left gripping part, the central part having two sides which are opposite to each other and connected to the right gripping part and the left gripping part respectively; and
two dual control levers according to claim 1 , the fixed bases of the dual control levers are disposed on the right gripping part and the left gripping part, respectively.

13. The bicycle stem according to claim 12 , further comprising a functional circuit unit electrically connected to the first electrical button, the second electrical button and the third electrical button.

14. The bicycle stem according to claim 13 , wherein when the first electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a first control signal for shifting an half speed step in response, when the second electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a second control signal for shifting up one speed step in response, and when the third electrical button is triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a third control signal for shifting down one speed step in response.

15. The bicycle stem according to claim 13 , wherein when both the first electrical button disposed on the right gripping part and the first electrical button disposed on the left gripping part are triggered, the functional circuit unit is for generating a function-switch signal of left and right in response.

16. The bicycle stem according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrical button, the second electrical button and the third electrical button each have a press surface facing the same direction.

17. The bicycle stem according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrical button and the third electrical button are located at the same side of the first electrical button, and the second electrical button is located between the third electrical button and the brake lever.

Assignees

• Tektro Technology Corp

Inventors

• Tsai Szu-Fang

Classifications

• B62M25/08 Primary

  with electrical or fluid transmitting systems · CPC title

• B62L3/02

  for control by a hand lever (hand levers for control of cycles in general B62K23/06) · CPC title

• B62K23/06

  Levers · CPC title