Patent ID: 7503237

Claim:
Device for adjusting the position of the operating lever of a hydraulic actuator for a motorcycle, comprising: a bracket connectable to a supporting structure, a hydraulic actuator connected to the bracket; a main lever extending in an essentially longitudinal direction, pivotally mounted on the bracket and intended to be moved towards or away from the hydraulic actuator, the main lever having an outer end portion, and an elongated inner handgrip portion extending inwardly in said longitudinal direction and being movable toward and away from the hydraulic actuator; an adjustment lever pivotally mounted on the bracket and functionally connected to the main lever in order to operate the hydraulic actuator when the main lever moves towards the hydraulic actuator, wherein: said device also comprises means for adjusting the position of the main lever with respect to the adjustment lever, the adjusting means being accessible from the outer end portion of the main lever and comprising a pin oriented along said longitudinal direction and being disposed on the outer end of the outer end portion of the main lever remote from the inner handgrip portion thereof, the pin being constructed and positioned for connection to means of remote operation capable of transmitting a twisting moment avoiding short radius bend in the means of remote operation, wherein the pin is engaged in such a way that the pin can be adjusted axially along said longitudinal direction on the outer end portion of the main lever, and wherein the pin is engaged in abutment with the adjustment lever, so that a movement in said longitudinal direction of the pin with respect to the main lever corresponds to a change in the position of the main lever with respect to the adjustment lever, the pin comprising a threaded portion, and a centring support pivotally mounted on the main lever, the pin being in threaded engagement with the centring support, so that, by screwing the pin into or out of the centring support, the position of the pin can be adjusted along said longitudinal direction, wherein elastic means acting between opposing end portions of the main lever and of the adjustment lever causes the main lever to rotate towards the hydraulic actuator and maintain contact, with a defined elastic load between the pin and the adjustment lever.