IP Library Granted Patent US 9,287,063
Granted Patent B2
US 9,287,063 · App. 14/212,071 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Bicycle handle system

Inventors: Michael Mueller (Siershahn, DE); Andreas Krause (Koblenz, DE)
Assignee: RTI Sports Vertrieb Von Sportartikeln GMBH
H01H3/00B62K23/04B62M6/45Y10T74/20256
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Patent No.
US 9,287,063
App. No.
14/212,071
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bicycle handlebar system comprises a control element for controlling an electric auxiliary motor, said element being adapted to be fastened to the handlebar. The control element has a housing, wherein a plurality of switching elements is arranged in recesses in the housing, one membrane button is arranged in the housing per switching element, the switching element acting on said membrane button, and the membrane buttons are interconnected through a common flexibly conductor path.

Claims (32)

1. A bicycle handle system comprising:

a control element for controlling an electric auxiliary motor, said control element being adapted to be fastened on a bicycle handlebar next to a handle element,

wherein

the control element comprises a housing, a plurality of switching elements being arranged in recesses in the housing,

one membrane button is arranged inside the housing for each switching element, the switching element acting on the membrane button,

the membrane buttons are interconnected via a common flexible conductor path,

the control element comprising an actuation element being rotatable on a bearing element, and

the housing forming the actuation element.

2. The bicycle handle system of claim 1 , wherein at least three, in particular all switching elements of the control element are arranged one behind the other in the circumferential direction.

3. The bicycle handle system of claim 1 , wherein at least three, in particular all membrane buttons are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction on the in particular strip-shaped conductor path.

4. The bicycle handle system of claim 1 , wherein retaining elements, in particular retaining pins, are provided in the housing for fixing the conductor path, in particular for the positional fixation of the membrane buttons.

5. The bicycle handle system of claim 1 , wherein a plug board connects the conductor path with a wire leading out of the housing.

6. The bicycle handle system of claim 1 , wherein at least one switching tab is provided at the actuation element, the bearing element or a fixing element adapted to be fastened to the handlebar, the at least one switching tab acting on a membrane button when the actuation element is turned relative to the bearing element.

7. The bicycle handle system of claim 6 , wherein the actuation element surrounds the in particular cylindrical bearing element and comprises an in particular cylindrical sliding element rotatable on the bearing element.

8. The bicycle handle system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one switching tab is connected with the bearing element or the fixing element and protrudes into the actuation element.

9. The bicycle handle system of claim 7 , wherein the membrane buttons are arranged radially between the sliding element and an outer wall of the actuation element.

10. The bicycle handle system of claim 6 , wherein the actuation element comprises a switching depression for rotation relative to the bearing element.

11. The bicycle handle system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one switching tab is arranged substantially opposite the switching depression.

12. A bicycle handle system comprising:

a control element for controlling an electric auxiliary motor, said control element being adapted to be fastened on a bicycle handlebar next to a handle element,

wherein

said control element comprises a housing, a plurality of switching elements being arranged in recesses in said housing,

one membrane button is arranged inside said housing for each of said plurality of switching elements, said switching element acting on said membrane button, and

said membrane buttons being interconnected via a common flexible conductor path wherein said control element comprises an actuation element rotatable on a bearing element, and that at least one switching tab is provided at said actuation element, said bearing element or a fixing element adapted to be fastened to said bicycle handlebar, said at least one switching tab acting on a membrane button when said actuation element is turned relative to said bearing element, wherein said at least one switching tab is connected with said bearing element or said fixing element and protrudes into said actuation element.

13. A bicycle handle system comprising:

a control element for controlling an electric auxiliary motor, said control element being adapted to be fastened on a bicycle handlebar next to a handle element,

wherein

said control element comprises a housing, a plurality of switching elements being arranged in recesses in said housing,

one membrane button is arranged inside said housing for each of said plurality of switching elements, said switching element acting on said membrane button, and

said membrane buttons being interconnected via a common flexible conductor path

wherein said control element comprises an actuation element rotatable on a bearing element, and that at least one switching tab is provided at said actuation element, said bearing element or a fixing element adapted to be fastened to said bicycle handlebar, said at least one switching tab acting on a membrane button when said actuation element is turned relative to said bearing element, wherein the actuation element comprises a switching depression for rotation relative to the bearing element.

14. The bicycle handle system of claim 13 , wherein said at least one switching tab is arranged substantially opposite said switching depression.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2018
From: RTI SPORTS GMBH
To: ERGON INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 047308/0583 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: RTI SPORTS VERTRIEB VON SPORTARTIKELN GMBH
To: RTI SPORTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 047528/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2014
From: MUELLER, MICHAEL; KRAUSE, ANDREAS
To: RTI SPORTS VERTRIEB VON SPORTARTIKELN GMBH
Reel/Frame 033657/0886 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2013 002 491 U · Mar 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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