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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Cheever, Chicago, IL (US);
Sam Patterson, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Michael W Larson, Chicago, IL (US);
Tymme A Laun, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
SRAM Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K / ; B62M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74506 ; 74475 ; 74489 ; 745022 ; 74517 ;
Abstract
A twist grip cable system having a mandrel received over the handlebar of a bicycle and a pulling spool providing increased mechanical advantage which may be used for the full range of rotation or In the case of a variable mechanical advantage system, that is one with a variable radius spool, for only part of the range. To provide even greater mechanical advantage, with the spool complete dropped away, a groove or slot is provided in the mandrel into which the cable may fall.