Patent ID: 7784376
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B60T,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle cable assembly, mainly comprising a cable, an inner protection tube covering the cable, and an external protection tube covering the inner protection tube, wherein: the external protection tube is mainly composed of several hollow sleeves hooking together; the sleeves comprise a first sleeve and a second sleeve; each of the sleeves comprises a first opening end and a second opening end; the first opening end is formed with a continuous flange around an opening of the sleeve; the flange extends slantingly outwards from an inner edge of the sleeve to form a maximum-diameter portion of the flange away from the opening; a hook is formed at the maximum-diameter portion, the second opening end is formed with a ring expanding outwards; the ring is for accommodating the flange, the ring comprises an inner edge and an outer edge, each of which has an outwardly expanded spherical shape; the ring is formed with an engaging edge extending inwards, a diameter of the engaging edge of the ring is smaller than a maximum outer diameter of the flange; and the first opening end of the first sleeve can be inserted into the second opening end of the second sleeve slantingly, the hollow sleeves are engaged together to form the external protection tube, and the hook and the engaging edge hook together; wherein the maximum outer diameter of the flange is smaller than 3/4 of a maximum inner diameter of the ring.