Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydraulic operating apparatus
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Application No.: US15685637Application Date: 2017-08-24
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Publication No.: US10358183B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Yasuyuki Komada , Takuma Sakai , Mototsugu Nakai
- Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai
- Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
- Current Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Main IPC: B62L3/02
- IPC: B62L3/02 ; B60T7/10 ; B62K23/06 ; B60T11/22

Abstract:
A hydraulic operating apparatus for a small vehicle, including a bicycle, comprises a housing, a piston, a mounting assembly, a lever, and a fluid reservoir tank. The housing includes a cylinder bore extending along a cylinder axis. The piston is movably disposed within the cylinder bore. The mounting assembly is configured to mount the housing to a handlebar of the small vehicle. The mounting assembly defines a handlebar mounting axis that is not perpendicular to the cylinder axis in a mounted state where the housing is mounted to the handlebar. The lever is pivotally mounted to the housing and configured to move the piston within the cylinder bore in response to a movement of the lever. The fluid reservoir tank has a lid opening. The lid opening is configured to face a center plane that passes through a geometric center of the handlebar and that is perpendicular to the handlebar mounting axis, in the mounted state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190061869A1 HYDRAULIC OPERATING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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