US 12,227,259 B2
Operating device for human-powered vehicle
Hayata Mizutani, Sakai (JP); Takuma Sakai, Sakai (JP); Shun Kakehashi, Sakai (JP); Yuichiro Hidaka, Sakai (JP); and Hiroshi Matsumoto, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,346.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271668 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 21/14 (2006.01); B62K 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 21/14 (2013.01) [B62K 23/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating device for a human-powered vehicle, the operating device comprising:
a base including a first end part and a second end part, the second end part being configured to be coupled to a tubular part of the human-powered vehicle, the base extending between the first end part and the second end part in a longitudinal direction; and
an operating member pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis,
the base including a base body and a cover configured to be attached to the base body to at least partially cover the base body,
the cover including
an upper outer surface,
a first lateral outer surface,
a second lateral outer surface, the base body being provided between the first lateral outer surface and the second lateral outer surface in a cover attachment state where the cover is attached to the base body,
a first shoulder provided to the second end part and provided between the upper outer surface and the first lateral outer surface, the first shoulder including a first curved surface connecting the upper outer surface and the first lateral outer surface, and
a second shoulder provided to the second end part and provided between the upper outer surface and the second lateral outer surface, the second shoulder including a second curved surface connecting the upper outer surface and the second lateral outer surface,
the first curved surface having at least one curvature radius defined in a first shoulder region in each of different cross-sections taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction in a longitudinal region, the first shoulder region being defined between the first lateral outer surface and a first reference plane spaced apart from the first lateral outer surface by 20 mm in an axial direction with respect to the pivot axis, the first shoulder region being defined between the upper outer surface and a second reference plane spaced apart from the upper outer surface by 20 mm in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the axial direction, the longitudinal region being defined between an end surface of the second end part and a longitudinal reference plane spaced apart from the end surface by 40 mm in the longitudinal direction, and
a maximum value of the at least one curvature radius defined in the first shoulder region in each of the different cross-sections being smaller than 60 mm.