Patent ID: 6453764
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B62K,B62M,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
A bicycle shift control device comprising:a takeup element for pulling and releasing a shift control element; a first finger contact member having a first finger contact surface disposed on a first side of a plane, wherein the first finger contact member moves toward the plane when the takeup element moves in a pulling direction, and wherein the first finger contact member moves away from the plane when the takeup element moves in a releasing direction; a second finger contact member having a second finger contact surface disposed on the first side of the plane, wherein the second finger contact member moves away from the plane when the takeup element moves in the pulling direction, and wherein the second finger contact member moves toward the plane when the takeup element moves in the releasing direction; an interconnecting member that rotates around a rotational axis, wherein the interconnecting member interconnects the first finger contact member and the second finger contact member so that the first finger contact member and the second finger contact member move in a same direction relative to the rotational axis; wherein a first straight phantom line perpendicular to the first finger contact surface intersects a second straight phantom line perpendicular to the second finger contact surface; and wherein the first finger contact surface is substantially parallel to the plane when the first finger contact surface is in a shift control element pulled position, and wherein the second finger contact surface is substantially parallel to the plane when the second finger contact surface is in a shift control element released position.