公开(公告)号：US10358183B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15685637

申请日：2017-08-24

Applicant: SHIMANO INC.

Inventor： Yasuyuki Komada ,  Takuma Sakai ,  Mototsugu Nakai

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.

公开(公告)号：US10300983B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15667930

申请日：2017-08-03

Applicant: Shimano Inc.

Inventor： Mototsugu Nakai ,  Kohei Obuchi ,  Kentaro Kosaka ,  Takahiro Yamashita ,  Toshio Tetsuka

IPC: B62K23/06 ,  B62L3/02 ,  B62M25/04

Abstract: An operating assembly for a small vehicle including a bicycle is basically provided with a base member, an operating member, a handlebar fixing structure and a handlebar spacer. The base member includes a support. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The handlebar fixing structure is coupled to base member. The handlebar fixing structure defines a handlebar receiving area. The support is spaced from the handlebar receiving area of the handlebar fixing structure in a parallel direction parallel to a handlebar axis defined by the handlebar receiving area. The handlebar spacer is disposed between a handlebar and one of the support and the handlebar fixing structure in a mounted state where the operating device is mounted to the handlebar.

公开(公告)号：US10046829B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US14641178

申请日：2015-03-06

Applicant: Shimano Inc.

Inventor： Mototsugu Nakai ,  Shinya Hirotomi ,  Daisuke Noborio

IPC: B62L1/00 ,  B62L3/02 ,  B60T7/10 ,  B60T11/22

Abstract: A hydraulic operating device is provided. The disc brake caliper may include a brake lever pivotable on a pivot axis, a hydraulic cylinder having a cylinder axis and a reservoir arranged so as to at least partly overlap the hydraulic cylinder as seen from a first direction perpendicular to the pivot axis, the reservoir having a reservoir axis which has a different orientation than the cylinder axis as viewed from the first direction.