2013 Patent Shift Lever Arrangement for a Bicycle
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(12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,584,550 B1 Calendrille, Jr. (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 19, 2013
(54) SHIFT LEVERARRANGEMENT FORA 5,400,675 A 3/1995 Nagano BICYCLE 5,479,776 A 1/1996 Romano
5,542,310 A 8/1996 Lee *
(76) Inventor: John L. Calendrille, Jr., Port Jefferson, 2 ., 3:253:11"I:iiiiiiiiiiiiiijigig‘lég NY (Us) 5,921,138 A 7/1999 Kojima e161.
6,015,036 A 1/2000 Fukuda ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 6,095,309 A 8/2000 Mione
patent is extended Or adjusted under 35 6,209,412 B1* 4/2001 Hlratsuna et a1. .......... .. 74/502.2 6,450,060 B1* 9/2002 Shahana .................... .. 74/502.2
U~S~C~ 154(1)) by 604 days' 6,553,860 B2 4/2003 Blaschke 6,647,823 B2 11/2003 Tsumiyama et a1.
(21) App1.NO.Z 12/780,981 6,691,591 B2 2/2004 Tsumiyama et 31. 6,792,826 B2 9/2004 Dal Pra’
(22) Filed: May 17, 2010 7,252,300 B2* 8/2007 Hargroder ................ .. 280/3041 7,527,137 B1 5/2009 Calendrille, Jr.
- - 7,779,718 B2 * 8/2010 Jordan et a1. ............... .. 74/502.2 Related U's'Apphcatlon Data 8,028,601 B2* 10/2011 Miki _ ............ .. .. 74/5022
(60) Provisional application No. 61/216,385, ?led on May 8,181,553 B2 * 5/2012 Tsumlyama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 745022 18 2009 2001/0042421 A1 11/2001 Feng et a1.
’ ' 2002/0033064 A1 3/2002 Ose
2002/0104401 A1 8/2002 Dal Pra (51) Int. Cl. _
F16C 1/10 (2006.01) (Commued) B62M 25/04 (2006-01) Primary Examiner * Vinh Luong
(52) U-s- Cl- (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Richard M. Goldberg CPC ................................. .. B62K238/06 (2013.01);
B62M 25/04 (2013.01) (57) ABSTRACT USPC .......................................... .. 74/502.2; 74/489 A h_? f b_ 1 h _ d
(58) Field of Classi?cation Search d, gear; 1 allianfellnem 19f; b_1°y°1e 1, a‘ if??? 2“; USPC ....................................... .. 74/502.2, 502, 489 mm“ “W Ta e ever? 1 e ICYC e>1nW_ 1C 1 e Icy? e See application ?le for Complete Search history. has a derailleur and a derailleur cable associated therewith,
includes a single lever adapted to only perform a shifting (56) References Cited operation of gears of the bicycle, a housing, a mounting
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
3,972,247 A 8/1976 Armstrong 4,100,820 A 7/1978 Evett 4,132,296 A 1/1979 Evett 4,319,673 A 3/1982 Kojima 4,532,825 A 8/1985 Nagano 4,800,768 A 1/1989 Kazuta 5,178,033 A 1/1993 Kund 5,241,878 A 9/1993 Nagano 5,257,683 A 11/1993 Romano 5,365,802 A * 11/1994 Suzuki et a1. ................. .. 74/482
arrangement in the housing for mounting the single lever for movement in a ?rst pivoting direction and for movement in a second substantially linear direction, and a shift control mechanism in the housing for controlling shifting of the gears of the bicycle in a ?rst shifting direction upon movement of the single lever in the ?rst pivoting direction and for control ling shifting of gears of the bicycle in a second, opposite shifting direction upon movement of the single lever in the second substantially linear direction.
17 Claims, 25 Drawing Sheets
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US 8,584,550 B1 Page 2
(56) References Cited 2004/0237696 A1 12/2004 Hilsky et a1. 2007/0137385 A1 * 6/2007 Cesur et a1. ................ .. 74/5016
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2007/0137388 A1 * 6/2007 Dal Pra ...................... .. 74/5022
2002/0139637 A1 10/2002 Tsumiyama et a1. 2004/0144193 A1 7/2004 Sato et a1. * cited by examiner
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US. Patent Nov. 19 2013 Sheet 1 0125
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 2 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 3 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19 2013 Sheet4 0f25
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 5 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 6 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 7 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 8 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 9 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 10 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 12 0125 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 13 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 14 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 15 0f 25 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 16 0125 US 8,584,550 B1
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US. Patent Nov. 19, 2013 Sheet 17 0125 US 8,584,550 B1
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