US 12,337,920 B2
Bicycle operating apparatus
Alexander Linke, Schonungen (DE)
Assigned to SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Schweinfurt (DE)
Filed by SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Schweinfurt (DE)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,548.
Application 17/360,548 is a continuation of application No. 16/870,489, filed on May 8, 2020, granted, now 11,091,216.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 206 835.9 (DE), filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323624 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B62J 6/16 (2020.01); B62K 23/06 (2006.01); B62M 25/04 (2006.01); G05G 1/04 (2006.01); G05G 5/05 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 6/16 (2013.01) [B62K 23/06 (2013.01); B62M 25/04 (2013.01); G05G 1/04 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Bicycle operating apparatus for controlling at least one component of a bicycle, comprising:
a carrier element to which a fastening device for fixing the bicycle operating apparatus to the handlebar of a bicycle is attachable,
a housing, provided on the carrier element, having an electronic circuit arrangement accommodated in the housing, wherein a first and a second switch, which are each connected to the electronic circuit arrangement, are provided on the housing,
an operating component, which is mounted on the carrier element so as to be pivotable about an operating axis and is preloaded into a neutral position, said operating component being able to be deflected out of the neutral position in a first direction of rotation about the operating axis in order to actuate the first switch, and being able to be deflected out of the neutral position in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation in order to actuate the second switch,
wherein the operating component includes a first, a second and a third thumb engagement surface, which are each designed to be actuated by a thumb of an operator in order to trigger at least one of the first switch and the second switch, such that the first switch is actuable by actuating the first thumb engagement surface, the second switch is actuable by actuating the second thumb engagement surface, and one of the first and second switches is actuable by actuating the third thumb engagement surface without actuating the first thumb engagement surface.