US 12,233,978 B2
Operating device for human-powered vehicle
Yuichiro Hidaka, Sakai (JP); Yasuyuki Komada, Sakai (JP); and Yuusuke Nishikawa, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,129.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306231 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B62J 43/20 (2020.01)
CPC B62J 43/20 (2020.02) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating device for a human-powered vehicle, comprising:
a base member including an accommodating structure configured to accommodate a power supply, the power supply having a circular cross-section defining a radial direction extending radially from a center axis of the circular cross-section; and
an operating member pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis,
the accommodating structure including a power-supply accommodating space, the accommodating structure being configured for insertion of the power supply into the power-supply accommodating space of the accommodating structure in an insertion direction along the radial direction of the power supply, and the insertion direction is non-parallel to the pivot axis, and
the accommodating structure being configured such that when the power supply is accommodated within the power-supply accommodating space, the center axis of the power supply is non-perpendicular to the pivot axis.