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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Wessel, Würzburg, DE;
Markus Arbeiter, Würzburg, DE;
Bernhard Johanni, Oberwerrn, DE;
Assignee:
SRAM Deutschland GmbH, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/18 ;
Abstract
A selector for a bicycle gear mechanism. The selector has a housing fastened to a portion of a bicycle frame, a cable inlet, and a rotatable drum having a control cable wound onto for effecting cable travel. The selector also includes a rotary bushing for operating the selector and a mechanism for superimposing a correction or overshift travel on the cable travel. The mechanism includes a pivoting lever for guiding the control cable and a correction cam having a profile configured to provide the requisite correction travel for each gear stage as the rotatable drum is rotated.