Patent ID: 6829963
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B62K,B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
A handlebar shifter device for operating bicycle deraillecur system, comprising:a fixed piece adapted to be connected to a bicycle handlebar and a tube extending from an end surface of the fixed piece, a recess defined in the end surface of the fixed piece and a resilient member received in the recess, the resilient member having an index peak, a cable retaining hole defined in the fixed piece for being adapted to receive a derailleur cable therein; a rotatable member having a tubular portion extending from a first end surface thereof and a passage defined through the rotatable member and communicating with an interior of the tubular portion, an annular flange extending from a second end surface of the rotatable member and two blocks extending from the second end surface of the rotatable member, one of the blocks having a slot for being adapted to receive an end piece on the derailleur cable, a plate having a hole defined in a center thereof and mounted on the annular flange, two protrusions extending from an outer periphery of the plate and respectively contacting the two blocks on the rotatable member, a plurality of notches defined in an outer periphery of one of the protrusions and the index peak engaged with one of the notches; and a lug extending from an outer periphery of the annular flange and an engaging notch defined in an inner periphery of the hole in the center of the plate, the lug engaged with the engaging notch.