Patent ID: 8336423

Claim:
A throttle grip apparatus comprising: a throttle grip rotatably mounted on a leading end of a handle bar of a vehicle; a magnet rotatable together with the throttle grip; a detector configured to detect variations in a magnetic field of the magnet in a non-contact manner to detect a rotation angle of the throttle grip based on a detected value of the detector; a frictional plate configured to generate a resistance to a rotation of the throttle grip to generate a rotation load of the throttle grip; a resistance adjusting unit configured to adjust the resistance generated by the frictional plate, wherein an engine of the vehicle is controlled based on the detected value of the detector, wherein the frictional plate is disposed within the handle bar, and wherein the resistance adjusting unit is operable from an outside of the throttle grip, and includes an adjusting member disposed within the handle bar and an urging member disposed between the frictional plate and the adjusting member, wherein the resistance adjusting unit causes the adjusting member to move in a direction away from the frictional plate to decrease the urging force of the urging member applied to the frictional plate and causes the adjusting member to move in a direction toward the frictional plate to increase the urging force of the urging member applied to the frictional plate in order to change the resistance of the frictional plate.