Patent ID: 7152498
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B62M,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle control cable fixing device adapted to be coupled to a bicycle component, said bicycle control cable fixing device comprising: a support structure having a cable support surface and at least one wire receiving hole; and a cable fixing structure non-threadedly supported on said support structure to rotate about a rotation axis, said cable fixing structure having a cable pressing surface and a wire receiving bore, said cable fixing structure and said support structure being arranged and configured such that an inner wire of a bicycle control cable is secured between said cable support surface and said cable pressing surface in response to rotational movement of said cable fixing structure to a cable fixing position from a cable release position, said wire receiving bore of said cable fixing structure being aligned with said wire receiving hole of said support structure when said cable fixing structure is in said cable release position to receive the inner wire therein, and said wire receiving bore of said cable fixing structure being offset from said wire receiving hole of said support structure when said cable fixing structure is in said cable fixing position in order to secure the inner wire.