Abstract: The present invention improves the operability of a throttle lever device mounted in the vicinity of a grip at one end of a handlebar of a water jet bike or a snowmobile when the rider rotates the handlebar to the left or right. A front end portion of an operation lever 3 can be moved vertically relative to a bracket 1 for a throttle lever within a certain range, and a throttle cable 6 can be directly or indirectly actuated by virtue of gripping operations of the operation lever 3.

Abstract: A quick connect-disconnect brake hub lock system is disclosed. The locking mechanism is attached to camber tubes of varying degrees of 0° to 12° with wheels that move in and out from the centerline of the wheelchair. Such system of locking must be quick disconnected and reconnected to adapt to the various camber tubes that have varying degrees of angles. Not only do the camber tubes adjust the caster and camber of the wheels, but are adjusted for wheelbase width The brake hub locking mechanism must move with these elements and have the capacity to lock the wheels at whatever position the wheels are in. The sliding mechanism in the handle is completely enclosed to prohibit dirt, which wears such elements quickly. The rotary cam mechanism sliding against the rectangular slider provides the means of pulling the cables straight thus eliminating breaking and thereby locking or unlocking the wheels of the wheelchair.

Abstract: A push button actuator including a plunger movable between return and actuating positions, a conduit with an axial bore therethrough and a core slideably disposed within the bore. The first end of the conduit is operatively connected to the plunger and moves substantially with the plunger. The second end of the conduit and the first end of the core are fixed with respect to the movement of the plunger between its return and activating positions. Movement of the plunger from its return position to its actuating position pushes the first end of the conduit away from the first end of the core, causing the second end of the core to be drawn towards the second end of the conduit. The movement of the second end of the core may be used to activate a reaction mechanism operatively connected to the second end of the core.

Abstract: A gear indicator for use on a bicycle is provided remotely from the shift operating device. The gear indicator is coupled to a shift operating device via an indicator cable. The gear indicator basically includes a housing with an indicator member slidably coupled to the indicator cable with in the housing. The location of the indicator member relative to the housing indicates a gear currently engaged by the chain. In the most preferred embodiments, an indicator member is frictionally mounted on the inner wire of the indicator cable for automatically adjusting of the indicator member in the event that the cable becomes elongated or the indicator member becomes misaligned. The housing has a biasing member coupled between one wall of an interior cavity and the first end of the inner wire of the cable indicator for biasing the indicator member to one of its end positions.

Abstract: A seat belt system for a two wheel motor vehicle is arranged for fixing a person on a vehicle seat. Two mutually independent seat belt straps are provided which can be fastened by one belt buckle tongue respectively on one vehicle-fixed belt buckle respectively. By operating one unlatching device respectively on the pertaining belt buckle, one belt buckle tongue respectively can be released from this belt buckle and at least one additional operating device, which interacts with the unlatching devices of both belt buckles, is provided at an easily accessible point on the motor vehicle for releasing both belt buckle tongues from the respective pertaining belt buckle. The unlatching devices of both belt buckles are connected by way of at least one cable pull with the additional operating device.

Abstract: A self-adjusting parking brake actuator for a vehicle is provided having an eccentrically-mounted self-adjust cam assembly. The cam assembly is mounted eccentrically to the lever axis to provide a variable mechanical advantage during actuator stroke. The eccentric offset for the self-adjusting cam is less than the outside radius of the cam to reduce the overall space requirements of the actuator.

Abstract: A brake or clutch operating device having a hand lever pivotally attached to a mounting bracket secured to a handlebar, the hand lever rotatable about a rotation axis that is offset from the pivot axis, and a transmission mechanism for converting a rotational force applied to the hand lever into a rectilinear force drawing the hand lever toward the handlebar. The transmission mechanism and hand lever configured to force rotation about the rotation axis in response to rotation of the hand lever about the pivot axis, the resulting compound motion of the hand lever following the natural arched motion of the rider's fingers during lever actuation.

Abstract: A cable operated display device for a bicycle is provided in which the cable can be easily installed or replaced. The cable operated display device includes a mounting portion, a housing, an internal take-up element and a lid. The mounting portion is adapted to be coupled to a portion of a bicycle. The housing is coupled to the mounting portion. The housing has an interior cavity and an open front. The internal take-up element is pivotally coupled within the housing about a first pivot axis. The internal take-up element has a cable attachment portion that is accessible through the open front of the housing without detaching the internal take-up element from the housing. The lid is releasably coupled to the housing to overlie the open front of the housing. The lid has a window to view the movement of an indicator coupled to the internal take-up element.

Abstract: A brake lever for automobile vehicle safety brake has a power arm with a hand grip portion provided with a longitudinal cavity and a rear portion linked to the hand grip portion and having a U-shaped cross-section with two plates spaced from one another and prolonged longitudinally to form resistance arms.

Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling a rear angle of an outside mirror for an automobile, ultrasonic waves are, for a given period of time, projected onto: a controller (200) having coupling grooves (212, 212a, 212b) opposite to fixing grooves (211, 211a, 211b) for fixing the other end of inside cable (310) whose one end is fixed at a glass holder plate, and a supporting rod (220) with a predetermined length; and a control knob (100) having a coupling portion (110) with coupling projections (112, 112a, 112b) on its inside circumference, which correspond to the coupling grooves (212, 212a, 212b), for fixing the controller inserted, a supporting hole (113) with a predetermined length, where the supporting rod (220) is inserted into the inside of the coupling portion (110), and a hemispheric flange (120) having a guide hole (121) with a predetermined width, where a control case is inserted into the outside of the coupling portion (110), so that the coupling grooves (212, 212a, 212b) of the controller (200) are welded

Abstract: An opener device having an operation lever rotatably supported so as to open a lid member through a remote operation, and a spring hooked at one end to spring hooking member of the operation lever so as to elastically urge the operation lever, and hooked at the other end to a fixing member. The opener device is improved such that the spring hooking member includes: a recess located at the base end of the operation lever; and a hook-receiving portion provided in the recess, while being located in an internal position of the thickness direction of the operation lever.

Abstract: A push button actuator including a plunger movable between return and actuating positions, a flexible conduit with an axial bore therethrough and a flexible core slideably disposed within the bore. The first end of the conduit is operatively connected to the plunger and moves substantially with the plunger. The second end of the conduit and the first end of the core are fixed with respect to the movement of the plunger between its return and activating positions. Movement of the plunger from its return position to its actuating position pushes the first end of the conduit away from the first end of the core, flexing the conduit and causing the second end of the core to be drawn towards the second end of the conduit. The movement of the second end of the core may be used to activate a reaction mechanism operatively connected to the second end of the core.

Abstract: A tilt release system includes a locking mechanism which retains a tiltable end portion of an elongated steering column of a vehicle in angularly adjusted position. The system includes a bracket mounted on a shroud of the steering column. A pivot pin is mounted on the bracket for rotation about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the steering column. A lever is mounted on a radial arm of the pivot pin. The radial arm of the pivot pin and the lever extend parallel to the steering column in a direction toward the rear of the vehicle when in a retracted position. The lever is connected to the locking mechanism by a cable. The lever pivots downwardly to release the locking mechanism. The lever has a frictional, sliding snap fit on the arm of the pivot pin so that if the lever is rearwardly impacted in a crash in a direction parallel to the axis of the steering column, the lever will slide off the arm toward the steering wheel, thereby preventing tilt release.

Abstract: A bicycle brake cable system has a brake cable coupling arrangement in which a plurality of branches are provided from a single brake lever force application lug. Splitting of the brake cable is performed within the structure of a brake barrel adjuster. The barrel adjuster is provided with a cylindrical cavity that receives a rotatable coupler therewithin. The interface ends of the force transmission cable segments are terminated in the coupler, which is free to rotate relative to the barrel adjuster. As a consequence, the barrel adjuster may be threadably advanced to either increase or decrease brake tension by rotation relative to its threaded connection to the brake lever assembly body. By providing a coupler that is rotatable relative to the barrel adjuster, the barrel adjuster can be rotated in both directions to increase or reduce brake tension.

Abstract: A parking brake mounted selectively to a first position on a floor of an automobile body and a second position in front of the first position on the floor. Fitting hole is formed on the floor at the back of the first position. A pipe member is fitted into the fitting hole and has opening area formed like a substantial flare shape to be expanded forward at their front end. The opening area is opened over the floor of the automobile body. A cable is connected to the parking brake and then extended backward into the inside of the floor via the opening area. Accordingly, even when the parking brake is mounted to either of the first position and the second position, the cable is extended from the upper surface side of the floor to the back surface side thereof through the opening area of the pipe member. Since the opening area of the pipe member has a substantial flare shape, the cable is introduced smoothly into the inside of the floor even though the cables are strung obliquely to the pipe member.

Abstract: A hand lever device for operating a driven member includes a main lever arranged to be pivoted about a first rotational axis, a sub-lever arranged to be pivoted about a second rotational axis and retained in a stationary state at a set pivoted position, a returning member arranged to be rotated about a third rotational axis, and a cable coupled at one end to the driven member and linked at the other end with the main lever and the returning member. When the main lever is pivoted to a set position, it rotates the returning member about the third rotational axis and removes slack from the cable. Pivoting of the sub-lever further rotates the returning member about the third rotational axis to a selected operating position. An accelerating subsidiary lever that is also pivoted about the first rotational axis further pulls, via the returning member, the cable, thereby to further move the driven member.

Abstract: A hand lever apparatus is mountable on a working machine for controlling operation of the working machine. The hand lever apparatus includes a main lever and a magnitude-magnifying mechanism. The magnitude-magnifying mechanism includes a pivot pin, a lever member pivotal about the pivot pin, a pulley, and a connecting cable. The lever member has a shorter arm portion and a longer arm portion, which opposes the shorter arm portion and is operatively connected to a throttle cable of a throttle valve of the working machine. The shorter arm portion is operatively connected to the main lever via the connecting cable so that actuation of the finger-manipulable portion pivots the lever member about the pivot pin and causes the longer arm portion to pull the throttle cable away from the throttle valve and open the throttle valve of the working machine from a minimum-opening idling state.