Patent ID: 6324938
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B62M,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A bicycle cable connecting apparatus for a control cable having an inner wire disposed in an outer casing comprising:a first connecting member including:an outer casing support portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a casing support opening for supporting the outer casing of the control cable;a wire guiding projection extending from the second end of the outer casing support portion along a first connecting member axis, wherein the wire guiding projection includes:a first side wall extending in a direction of the first connecting member axis;a second side wall extending in the direction of the first connecting member axis and opposite the first side wall;a third side wall extending in the direction of the first connecting member axis;a fourth side wall extending in the direction of the first connecting member axis and opposite the third side wall; andan inner wire passage for receiving the inner wire therethrough;wherein a distance between the first side wall and the second side wall is less than a distance between the third side wall and the fourth side wall from a location in close proximity to the second end of the outer casing support portion through a free end of the wire guiding projection;wherein at least one of the outer casing support portion and the wire guiding projection is continuous in a circumferential direction;a first abutment formed at a junction of the second end of the outer casing support portion and the wire guiding projection and facing at least in part in the direction of the first connecting member axis away from the first end; anda retaining structure immovably disposed at the first abutment and different from the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein the retaining structure rotates with the first connecting member, wherein the retaining structure forms a second abutment facing at least in part in a circumferential direction.