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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takuro Yamane, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 2/126 ; B62K 2/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 2/126 ; B62K 2/304 ;
Abstract
A rotatable handgrip for a twist-grip shift control device includes a rotatable member and a flexible grip disposed over the rotatable member. One or more spaces are defined between an inner peripheral surface of the grip and an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member so that the grip bends radially inwardly in response to pressure from a hand part (palm, finger, thumb, etc.) so as to generally conform to the hand part. The space may be formed by a recess formed on the inner peripheral surface of the grip, on the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member, a combination of recesses on the grip and the rotatable member, or through some other structure.