Abstract: A throttle mechanism for a vehicle employing a handle grip for steering where the throttle lever is controlled by manual actuation. A shield plate may be provided on the throttle lever to physically block the air flow against the vehicle from flowing directly over the operator's thumb actuating the throttle. Heating elements may be provided to heat a cover on the throttle lever which in turn heats the driver's hand. Heat controlling circuits to effectively reduce the heating input at high temperatures, multiple circuits for both rapid and slow heating and circuitry associated with the vehicle lighting switches may be employed.

Abstract: A fast opening arrangement for shoes of bicycle brakes--of the type wherein control is obtained, by cable, through a control lever pivotally mounted on a body fixed to the bicycle handle bar--comprises a cylinder inserted across the control lever and axially moving through the same between two positions, which alternatively rest with their lateral surface against one or the other of the two sidewalls of the body on which said lever is pivotally mounted. These walls project to different extents and are cam profiled. In one of the two positions, the brake shoes are close to but spaced from the tire for normal braking; but in the other position, the shoes are spaced far enough apart to permit the wheel to be removed from between them.

Abstract: The invention provides a simple method for reducing the amount of force required to actuate a motorcycle clutch. A miniature, lightweight housing means provides a pivot for a lever means to which is attached a short cable from the clutch actuation handle and also the original cable from the clutch. Because the two cable attachment points on the lever means are staggered, the lever means provides mechanical advantage and thereby reduces the manual force required to move the clutch actuation handle.The invention is designed to allow fast installation by providing cable slots in all parts and using cable sleeve tension to permit simple hook-on attachment of cable terminal hardware to the lever means. The housing means cover is used to exclude the environment and also to assure mechanical strength. The pivot pin and attachment hardware for anchoring the cables is locked into place by the covers.

Abstract: A speed-change operating device for a bicycle includes an operating lever for actuating a derailleur, the operating lever being supported rotatably through a lever shaft to a base member attached to the bicycle frame. A friction mechanism applies to the lever an adjustable rotational resistance against a bias force of a return spring associated with the derailleur. A positioning mechanism includes a positioning member having a plurality of engaging portions for precisely setting the respective speed change stages of the derailleur and an engaging member engageable with at least one of the engaging portions. An operating mechanism selects between an operating mode and a non-operating mode of the positioning mechanism so that the positioning mechanism can be placed in a non-operating mode, when desired, with the speed-change operation being performed in such non-operating mode only with the friction mechanism resisting the return spring.

Abstract: A shifting cable assembly for the gear shift system of bicycles or the like, includes a shifting cable for connecting a manual shifter arranged in the grip zone of the bicycle user to the shift system of the rear wheel of the bicycle, a separate connection part, which is connectable to the shifting cable, being brought out from the shift point. In this shifting cable assembly there is provided a connection assembly which is designed so as to be insertable and self-retaining, on the one hand, and so as to be releasable by hand in a simple manner, on the other hand. For this purpose, there is provided a housing which is connected to the end of the shifting cable, which is taken downwards from the manual shifter, and which is equipped with a sleeve-shaped seat for the manual insertion of a connection part which is provided, for example, with detent elements and which is retained unaidedly and operationally reliably in the seat of the housing by corresponding counter detent elements.

Abstract: A control lever mounting system includes first and second boss members, each shaped to receive a control lever thereon and having a bore shaped to be positioned in registry with a transverse hole in a bicycle frame tube, and a connector pin for joining the first and second boss members together. The pin is shaped to extend through the tube hole and includes opposing end segments shaped to protrude outwardly from the hole and into the bores of the boss members, forming an interference fit, such that the pin holds the boss members against opposite sides of the frame tube. The boss members each include a recess formed on an inner face thereof shaped to receive adhesive for attaching the boss member to the outer surface of the tube, thereby providing an attachment in addition to the press fit engagement between the boss members and connector pin.

Abstract: A brake actuator for an all-terrain vehicle, the actuator including a housing and a cover, a hand-operated lever arm pivotally mounted in the housing and projecting outwardly from the housing through said cover, the lever arm being operatively connected to the brake cables for the wheels, a locking segment mounted for pivotal movement in the housing, a ratchet-type cam surface on the segment, the segment being biased to move into locking engagement with the lever arm, the ratchet-type cam surface being spaced at progressively greater distances from the pivot axis to block the lever arm at increasing distances from the brakes.

Abstract: A hand-operated lever for operating a control member, such as the master cylinder of the braking system for a motorcycle, is mounted on the handle grip thereof in a manner to permit adjustment of the lever with respect to the handle grip. The lever is resiliently biased with respect to the control member in order to eliminate "dead travel" from lever operation and to prevent dislodgement of the lever from its adjusted position due to vibration or jarring of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A bicycle brake actuating device includes a brake lever (21) hinged in such a way to turn around an axis (X) substantially parallel to the supporting axis (Y) of a cyclist's hand. The brake lever can be supported by two tabs (17) placed on the hand's supporting handle (14). A holding cavity (40) is preferably utilized to receive the transmission of the brake lever and the mechanism (30, 32) that is part of the actuating device.

Abstract: A bicycle speed change lever assembly comprising a fixed support shaft, a lever mount non-rotatably mounted on the support shaft, a control lever having a cylindrical boss portion rotatably mounted on the lever mount, a click ring mounted on the lever mount for co-rotation with the lever and having a plurality of differently patterned arcuate rows of clicking recesses, a non-rotatable retainer disposed on the lever mount in facing relation to the recesses of the click ring and loosely retaining steel balls in corresponding relation to the rows of clicking recesses, and a rotationally operable mode selector disposed in facing relation to a front or outward surface of the retainer and having at least one backup portion for forcing a selected one of the balls into elastic abutment with the click ring, wherein one of the differently patterned arcuate rows of clicking recesses is selected when in use.

Abstract: A braking device for a bicycle comprising a brake lever, brakes and a control wire for connecting the brake lever with the brakes, the brake lever provided with a lever spring for restoring the same from its operating position to the original position, in which a spring force of the lever spring and that of a brake spring provided at the brakes are set so that a lever turning force is 900 g or less and a lever restoring force is 100 g or more when a ratio of the lever turning force to the lever restoring force is 40% or more.

Abstract: A rear wheel brake cable arrangement for a free style bicycle comprises a first cable connected between a rear wheel brake lever and a rocking member mounted for swiveling movement to a stem pipe, and a second cable connecting the rear wheel brake mechanism to a vertically movable member coaxially mounted on the stem pipe. Depressing of the rear wheel brake lever causes swiveling movement of the rocking member which moves a pair of links that transmit a uniform force to move the vertically movable member and thereby a rotary member along the stem pipe to cause movement of the second cable connected to the rotary member.

Abstract: A speed-change operating device for a bicycle includes an operating lever for actuating a derailleur, the operating lever being supported rotatably through a lever shaft to a base member attached to the bicycle frame. A friction mechanism applies to the lever an adjustable rotational resistance against a bias force of a return spring associated with the derailleur. A positioning mechanism includes a positioning member having a plurality of engaging portions for precisely setting the respective speed change stages of the derailleur and an engaging member engageable with at least one of the engaging portions. An operating mechanism selects between an operating mode and a non-operating mode of the positioning mechanism so that the positioning mechanism can be placed in a non-operating mode, when desired, with the speed-change operation being performed in such non-operating mode only with the friction mechanism resisting the return spring.

Abstract: An operating lever for a bicycle is provided with a support means having a lever shaft and supporting a lever body to a fixing member. A resistance applying means is separate from the support means and is tightened radially with respect to the lever shaft to apply resistance to rotation thereof, so that the rotational resistance is not varied when in use, and is capable of fine adjustment.

Abstract: A brake operating device comprising a housing having a bearing portion, an operating lever supported by a pivot on the bearing portion, and a coiled return spring having a pair of engaging portions extending from the axial opposite ends of its coil portion laterally outward for biasing the lever in a returning direction. The coil portion of the spring is accommodated inside the operating lever and has its axis positioned in parallel with the axis of the pivot. One of the engaging portions is attached to the bearing portion, and the other engaging portion extends along the lever and has a slider slidably in contact with the lever inner surface. The spring is therefore retained in position, properly biasing the lever in the returning direction.

Abstract: A push button shift control for a bicycle and the like is provided and consists of a plurality of push buttons extending upwardly through top of a housing to be clamped typically onto a downtube of the bicycle. A locking mechanism keeps each of the push buttons in a down position when each of the push buttons is pushed in sequence to move a control cable a predetermined distance to operate gears of the bicycle. A releasing mechanism releases the push buttons so that the push buttons and the control cable can return to their previous positions.

Abstract: Integral accelerator-brake control for motorcycles, characterized in that the handle grip which is rotatable, is provided with an anatomically shaped radial extension to act as a lever aid for the turning of the handle grip, and has a conical end including a section having teeth along approximately one-third of its perimeter, the remainder being smooth, while tangentially and diametrically opposite, there are two additional toothed sectors, carried by corresponding cylinders, having axes of rotation perpendicular to that of the handle grip, to each of which cylinders correspondingly the accelerator operating cable and the brake operating cable, respectively, are attachable so that operation of the handle grip effects, depending on the direction of its rotation, the meshing of the teeth of the conical end of the handle grip alternatively individually with one toothed sector or the other, of the two additional toothed sectors for alternatively individually controlling accelerating or braking operation of the mo

Abstract: A brake lever device that permits selective and interchangeable introduction of a Bowden cable to a brake lever via either of the top and base of a hollow housing of the device. To this end, the brake lever of the device is provided with first and second connectors to which an inner wire of the Bowden cable is connected to the brake lever, a first opening is provided at the base of the hollow housing and a second opening provided at the top of the hollow housing, a first retainer, which retains an outer sheath of the Bowden cable while permitting passage of the inner wire, is situated between the first opening of the housing and the first conductor of the brake lever, while a second such retainer is situated between the second opening of the housing and the second connector of the brake lever. Additionally, a covering is provided for covering the second opening when the Bowden cable is introduced via the first opening, but which may be removed for enabling use of the second opening.

Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting a bicycle part, such as a front derailleur, to a bicycle frame using a band member. The band member is wound around the bicycle frame and has a pair of mounting legs each having an engaging bore therein. The bicycle part to be mounted includes a base member which includes a receiving bore for the mounting legs. The inner wall of the receiving bore includes cam faces for pushing the mounting legs together as the mounting legs are inserted into the receiving bore to reduce the distance between the mounting legs. A screw tightening member is supported rotatably to the base member and screws with a nut having engaging projections which engage with the engaging bores in the mounting legs when the mounting legs have been inserted a sufficient distance into the receiving bore such that the distance between the mounting legs is less than the distance between the tips of the engaging projections on the nut.

Abstract: An operating unit including a brake operating lever capable of being grasped is mounted to a handlebar or the like. The brake unit for applying a braking force to the members to be controlled such as the wheels or the like is connected by a Bowden cable. In addition to the brake returning spring provided on the side of the afore-mentioned brake unit, a side of the brake operating lever is equipped with a returning spring. One end of the returning spring is mounted to the housing, while another end thereof is held on the side of the brake operating lever thereby exerting a force in the direction in which the lever is to be returned after being grasped and released.

Abstract: An axle outer end is disclosed including a planetary reduction drive unit and a multiple disc friction brake. The friction brake includes a plurality of rotatable and non-rotatable discs for selectively interconnecting the ring and sun gears of the planetary drive unit. The friction brake also includes a piston for engaging and moving the discs into frictional contact with the planetary drive unit carrier to restrain rotation of the sun gear and output member. The piston is contained in a chamber formed by a portion of the planetary drive unit ring gear and a portion of an adapter secured to the outer end of a non-rotatable spindle. An improved oil circulation system is incorporated in the axle outer end to supply oil to the disc stack and permit the oil to return the main oil sump.

Abstract: A rotation actuated internal lever braking system for bicycles. Braking is applied by rotation of a handle bar grip through a lever system to pull flexible cables operating friction brakes at one or both wheels. A pair of cable pulling units may be provided, each individually controlling a brake on the front or rear wheel. If desired, cables to both wheel brakes may be actuated by a single unit. The units may be designed for selective self locking or self releasing when placed in braking position.

Abstract: An axle outer end is disclosed including a planetary reduction drive unit and a multiple disc friction brake. The friction brake includes a plurality of rotatable and non-rotatable discs for selectively interconnecting the ring and sun gears of the planetary drive unit. The friction brake also includes a piston for engaging and moving the discs into frictional contact with the planetary drive unit carrier to restrain rotation of the sun gear and output member. The piston is contained in a chamber formed by a portion of the planetary drive unit ring gear and a portion of an adapter secured to the outer end of a non-rotatable spindle. An improved oil circulation system is incorporated in the axle outer end to supply oil to the disc stack and permit the oil to return the main oil sump.

Abstract: A brake actuator for a bicycle having a front and rear brake assembly, the actuator includes a pivotally mounted handle within which is located a braking force division member, said division member being pivotally mounted and having cables extending from it which operate the brake assemblies.

Abstract: A brake operating device for a bicycle in which an operating lever is pivotally supported to a bracket shaped generally like a right prism and having at its rear portion an opening which opens rearwardly. The outer surface of the bracket includes a bracket cover which covers the bracket. A restraint member is provided which restrains the bracket cover from moving with respect to the bracket. The restraint member is coupled with either the bracket or the operating lever and is retained to the edge portion of the bracket cover covering the opening at the bracket.

Abstract: A bicycle speed change lever comprising: a stationary support spindle having an internally threaded axial hole and fixed at its one end to a bicycle frame tube, a lever handle rotatably mounted at its hole end portion on the support spindle, a plurality of washers supported on the spindle, a clipping holder which has a pair of axially spaced, holed disk-like portions resiliently connected to a cross arm and which is non-rotatably mounted on the spindle, with the washers and the holed end portion of the lever handle sandwiched between the pair of disk-like portions, to hold them together by pressure, and a lock bolt having its threaded shank engaged with the threaded axial hole of the spindle for applying adjusted frictional force to the holed end portion of the lever handle.

Abstract: A cycle accessory, for example a double lever 2, 3 for controlling a derailleur, is carried by a support 4 defining a fixing tab 11 received and wedged in a cavity of complementary shape which may be defined by a part 1 of the frame and a bridge member 14 brazed on the frame. The arrangement is such that, when a force is exerted on the accessory in the course of use, this force tends to increase the wedging between the fixing tab 11 and the cavity. Applicable to any accessory for a cycle.

Abstract: A gear shift device for vehicles of the type including a reverse speed stage is disclosed. The device is provided with a rotation inhibiting member for inhibiting rotation of a gear shift drum when the latter is caused to turn to the reverse position. The rotation inhibiting member is displaced to the inhibition releasing position by operation of the remote control member only when a vehicle is kept in a braked state, thereby permitting the gear shift drum to turn to the reverse position. With this arrangement, shifting to the reverse speed stage during forward travelling of the vehicle is prevented reliably.

Abstract: A choke lever device for a two-wheeled motor vehicle wherein choke adjustment is effected through a wire by a choke lever mounted on a handle part. The choke lever is mounted rotatably around a handle pipe serving as a center axis.

Abstract: A brake operating device mounted to a bicycle handle, in which a bracket having a first abutting member pivotally supports an operating lever having a second abutting surface for abutting the first abutting surface. Each abutting surface is formed in a circular arc centered at a position spaced from the pivot point of the lever relative to the bracket. The pivot point is shifted on the circumference of a circle which is concentric with the circular arcs forming the first and second abutting surfaces to adjust the grip dimension between the handle and the operating lever.

Abstract: A throttle and brake control apparatus is provided which enables an operator to control both the brake system and the throttle system of a vehicle by selectively rotating a single control member in a first and a second direction. The apparatus, according to the present invention, can be mounted on the handlebar of a motorcycle or a similar vehicle and replaces a conventional brake control system and a conventional throttle control system. The apparatus eliminates the need for conventional brake control levers.

Abstract: A speed change operating device for a bicycle which includes first and second operating levers each having a boss and a control portion and supported rotatably at both sides of a base member. Between the opposite inside surfaces of the operating portions of the levers are provided enlarged portions projecting inwardly with respect to both lateral sides of the base member.

Abstract: Two embodiments of automatic speed control devices for motorcycles that permits release of the device from automatic mode in response to throttle closing movement of the accelerator grip. In one embodiment, the release is effective by permitting a protective sheath of a wire actuator of the throttle mechanism to move in response to throttle closing movement of the accelerator grip and this movement is employed to actuate a switch. In another embodiment, a control wire and surrounding housing afford a switch that is closed when the accelerator grip is moved in a closing direction.

Abstract: A bicycle gear shift unit permits a bicycle rider to effect a gear change without releasing the bicycle handlebars or brake handle. The shift unit includes a stationary base affixed to the handlebars and a rotatable base. A clutch mechanism allows the rider to return his hand to a selected position after changing gears.

Abstract: An anti-slip apparatus is provided for controlling a slip rate of a drive wheel of a wheeled vehicle to the optimum level. The vehicle has an engine, a fuel control device for controlling a supply of fuel-air mixture to the engine, and an accelerator member operatively connected to the fuel control device by an operating wire. Drive and driven wheel speed sensors sense the rotational speeds of the drive and driven wheels of the vehicle, respectively. A wire control device is operatively connected to the drive and driven wheel speed sensors and is operable to activate the operating wire to reduce the supply of fuel-air mixture from the fuel control device to the engine when the ratio of the rotational speed of the drive wheel to the rotational speed of the driven wheel exceeds a predetermined level.

Abstract: A brake operating device for a bicycle is provided with a main lever, a lever shaft to support the main lever, a pivot shaft screwing with an axial end of the lever shaft, and an auxiliary lever supported to the pivot shaft. A locking unit is provided for preventing looseness of the pivot shaft with respect to the lever shaft. The locking means is provided with a coiled spring having a coil portion wound onto the outer periphery of a stem of the pivot shaft and a retaining end in continuation of the coil portion, and a retaining portion receiving therein the retaining end of coiled spring. When the pivot shaft is intended to unscrew, the coil portion of the coiled spring contracts in diameter to impede the rotation of the pivot shaft.

Abstract: The invention simplifies the manufacture of levers employed in particular for actuating cycle derailleurs and facilitates the mounting of the cable on these levers. For this purpose, the lever 20 has at least one cavity 31 in which the cable can be engaged resiliently in opposition to the action of a retaining device.

Abstract: The unit comprises a collar defining a bearing surface (13) for the lever, a fixing device such as a rivet (24) which also constitutes the journal on which the lever (25) is mounted, and an elastically yieldable washer (23). The collar defines also a cavity (16) for a member constituting an abutment for a cable sheath and may be provided with a rapid fixing device.

Abstract: A control device for a two stage derailleur comprising a control lever supported swingably around a first lever shaft between first and second speed change positions and which is biased always toward the first speed change position, and a release lever which holds the control lever in the second speed change position and which is operable to release the control lever. The release lever is supported to a second lever shaft perpendicular to the first lever shaft to thereby allow the control lever and release lever to operate perpendicularly to each other.

Abstract: A choke lever device for a two-wheeled motor vehicle wherein choke adjustment is effected through a wire by a choke lever mounted on a handle part. The choke lever is mounted rotatably around a handle pipe serving as a center axis.

Abstract: A brake operating device for a bicycle, comprising: a fixing member comprising a bracket member, a mounting member retained thereto, and a tightening band, and an operating lever; the lever being provided with a support member which supports a retainer at one end of a control wire, the mounting member being provided with an outer stop for an outer sheath guiding the wire, so that the wire and outer sheath are drawn out from below the bracket member toward a handle bar.

Abstract: A handlebar for a bicycle, which comprises a bar body having a mounting portion for a handle stem of the bicycle and gripping members each having a gripping portion, the bar body and gripping members being separate from each other, the gripping members being provided with support brackets for supporting control levers respectively.

Abstract: An improved twist gas strip for the handlebar of a motorcycle or the like in which a bowden cable return roll housing has a continuous slit for suspending the bowden cable, which slit is closed above the return roll by a detachable lid.

Abstract: An operating device for a bicycle, which is mounted on a drop handlebar having a straight portion and bent portions and has a bracket member pivotally supporting a first lever extending along the bent portion and a second lever extending along the straight portion and connected with the first lever, the bracket member and the pivoted bases of the first and second levers being covered with a grip-like shaped cover, and supports each having a height larger than a thickness of the second lever and being disposed between the outer surface of the first side wall pivotally supporting the second lever and the inner surface of the cover opposite to the side wall and at both sides of said second lever in the swinging direction thereof.

Abstract: A speed-change operating device mounted directly on a frame of a bicycle, in which a screw thread only is provided at a direct-mounting bed fixed to the bicycle frame by a fixing means, such as welding, and a control lever is assembled in a lever shaft to form a lever unit, so that the lever unit is mounted on the frame by screwing a screw member with the bed.

Abstract: A control lever device for a bicycle, which supports a control lever to a box-shaped bracket member, the bracket member being provided therein with a rising member extending toward the pivot portion for the lever, so that the lever is pivoted to the rising member, the rising member mounting thereon a grip dimension adjuster which contacts with the lever.

Abstract: A throttle control for use with a return-biased throttle system in a motorcycle or similar vehicle, which includes a cam lever fitted with a cam body having a slidably mounted, spring-loaded internal plunger, which cam body is mounted in the motorcycle throttle housing with one end of the plunger in close proximity to the throttle cable drum and designed to bias against the cable drum and maintain the cable drum and throttle grip in fixed position upon manipulation of the cam lever.

Abstract: A gas control grip for the handlebars of a motorcycle having a rotatable tubular handle made of plastic and a sectional housing clamped to the handlebars and surrounding one end of the tubular handle. An annular flange on the housing provided with a semi-circular clip fits into an annular groove in the handle to prohibit axial movement and to permit rotation of the handle.

Abstract: A brake operating device for a bicycle, which comprises a bracket member fixed to a handle bar and a control lever pivoted to the bracket member through a lever shaft. The lever is pivoted to the bracket member at a pivot portion disposed on a straight line passing through the center of a distance between the brake applying position and the brake rest position of the grip portion of the lever.

Abstract: A speed control device, which operates a control wire to actuate a derailleur and comprises a fixing member, a lever shaft, and a control lever, and a retaining mechanism for retaining the lever at one speed change position, the retaining mechanism between the fixing member and the control lever having releasing mechanism for releasing the retaining of the lever.