US 12,466,512 B2
Bicycle operation device
Atsushi Komatsu, Osaka (JP); Takehiko Nakajima, Osaka (JP); and Takafumi Nishino, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/445,317.
Application 16/445,317 is a continuation of application No. 15/686,957, filed on Aug. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,370,056.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-191957 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0308687 A1, Oct. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. B62K 23/06 (2006.01); B60T 7/10 (2006.01); B62K 21/12 (2006.01); B62M 25/08 (2006.01); G05G 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC B62K 23/06 (2013.01) [B60T 7/10 (2013.01); B62K 21/12 (2013.01); B62M 25/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); G05G 11/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle operation device comprising:
an electronic controller programmed to output a control signal;
an electric switch including a first switch and a second switch, the first and second switches each outputting an ON signal to the electronic controller, the ON signal corresponding to the control signal;
an operation unit including a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion, the upper housing portion being located above the lower housing portion in a state in which the bicycle operation device is attached to a handlebar of the bicycle, the operating unit further having an operation member configured to operate the first switch when operated in a first operation direction, the operation member is further configured to operate the second switch when operated in a second operation direction, the second operation direction is different from the first operation direction, the operation member being biased to a neutral position by an elastic member, the elastic member being arranged between the housing and the operation member, the operation unit including a projection, the projection having a fastening hole to receive a fastener to fasten the operation unit to a clamp of the bicycle operation device;
a wireless communicator configured to receive the control signal from the electronic controller and being further configured to communicate the control signal to a bicycle component; and,
a power supply configured to supply power to the wireless communicator, the power apply being provided in the upper housing, the power supply being closer to the projection than the wireless communicator in a state where the bicycle operation device is attached to the handlebar of the bicycle.