Patent ID: 6393933
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B62M,B63H,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A throttle lever device comprising:a throttle lever bracket (1) mounted to a handlebar (7) with a grip (8); and a throttle cable operation member (3, 11) for operating a throttle cable (6) through a gripping motion thereof; wherein said throttle cable operation member includes an operation lever (3) a tip end of which is movable relative to said throttle lever bracket (1) in vertical and horizontal directions during operation of the throttle lever device, wherein said operation lever (3) is moveable relative to said throttle lever bracket about only two rotational axes, wherein said throttle cable operation member (3, 11, 21) further includes a driving arm (11, 21) swingably journaled on said throttle lever bracket (1) in the horizontal direction and engaged with an end of said throttle cable (6), wherein said operation lever (3) is swingably journaled on said driving arm (11, 21) in the vertical direction, and wherein said driving arm (11, 21) is swingably moved in the horizontal direction so as to operate said throttle cable independently from a swinging movement of said operation lever (3) in the vertical direction.