Patent ID: 6199445
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B62L,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
In a bicycle brake cable system having a brake lever assembly that includes a body attachable to a bicycle handlebar and a brake lever mounted for rotation relative to said body 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 cable 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, the improvement wherein said core elements extend entirely through the structure of said cable segment connector and are joined to said brake assembly force application lever at said force application end of said cable segment connector, and further comprising a coupler rotatably located in said cable segment connector so that said coupler and said the 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 selected axial distance relative to said cable segment connector along said axis of alignment, 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 lever beyond said cable segment connector.