Sram Corporation

Cnh Industrial Italia S.p.a.

Kent A Solberg

Kevin F Wesling

Brian T Jordan

Christopher Shipman

Dwayne St George Jackson

John D Cheever

Todd J Darland

Bryan L Lump

Tyler D Duston

Jacob Schieffelin Brauer

Stefano Fiorati

David J Zimberoff

Robert K Boehm

Scott A McLaughlin

Andrew J Caron

John A Lake

Andreas A Benz

Jacques P Greetis

Stacey Chang

Aaron Richard

A gear indicator for a bicycle that includes first and second control cables connected to first and second shift actuators, respectively. The gear indicator includes a housing mounted onto the control cables. The housing is spaced apart from the shift actuators and is not attached to the handlebars. First and second pulleys are disposed in the housing and are rotatable by a displacement of the first and second control cables, respectively. First and second gear display elements are movable in response to the rotation of the first and second pulleys. The first and second display elements indicate the currently selected gears of the bicycle.

Floating bicycle gear indicator

Integrated rider-controlled support unit for handlebar-steered vehicles

A bicycle derailleur is provided with a parallelogram link that is sufficiently rigid axially to maintain the distance between the link pivot axes during derailleur actuation but substantially flexible in torsion and shear to permit simple alignment of the pivot holes and control of the link width during formation and assembly of the link, thereby ensuring smooth operation of the derailleur during gear shifts.

Derailleur link

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.

Two axis hand lever

A brake operating device having a brake lever pivotally attached to a mounting bracket secured to a handlebar, the brake 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 brake lever into a rectilinear force drawing the brake lever toward the handlebar. The transmission mechanism and brake lever configured to force rotation about the rotation axis in response to rotation of the brake lever about the pivot axis, the resulting compound motion of the brake lever following the natural arched motion of the rider's fingers during lever actuation.

Two axis brake lever

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Kent A Solberg