Patent ID: 6085611
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B62L,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
In a bicycle brake cable having a brake lever force application lug, a cable segment connector having opposing force application and force transmission ends and a common axis of alignment extending therebetween, and a plurality of force transmission segments, each having a central, flexible, inextensible core element and a surrounding sheath element within which said core element is movable in longitudinally reciprocal fashion, joined to said brake lever force application lug at said cable segment connector, the improvement wherein said cable segment connector is located adjacent to said brake lever force application lug and further comprising a coupler mounted in said cable segment connector so that said coupler and said cable segment connector are freely rotatable relative to each other about said common axis of alignment and said sheath elements of said plurality of force transmission segments are seated in said coupler at a fixed axial distance along said common axis of alignment between said force application end and said force transmission end of said cable segment connector, and said force transmission segments are rotatable relative to said cable segment connector together with said coupler and said core elements of said plurality of force transmission segments are all connected to said force application lug at said cable segment connector.