US 12,466,513 B2
Finger or hand lever for a manual brake or clutch lever of a vehicle
Pedro Jorge Pinto Oliveira Araujo, Vale de Cambra (PT)
Assigned to POLISPORT PLÁSTICOS, S.A., Carregosoa (PT)
Appl. No. 18/696,413
Filed by POLISPORT PLÁSTICOS, SA, Carregosoa (PT)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/058646
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/052880, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 117492 (PT), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375744 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B62K 23/06 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/46 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 23/06 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14819 (2013.01); B29L 2031/463 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A finger or hand lever (10) for a manual brake or clutch control lever assembly of a vehicle, the vehicle being a bicycle, a tricycle, a motorcycle, a snowmobile or a snow motorcycle, wherein the finger or hand lever comprises a metallic core (11) and a polymeric cover (12), the metallic core (11) being an embossed metallic plate and extending along the lever (10) and the polymeric cover (12) at least partially covering the metallic core (11), the lever (10) comprising a working portion (21) suitable for a user to provide more than one finger and a coupling portion (22) suitable for coupling to a corresponding section of a manual brake or clutch control lever assembly of the vehicle,
wherein the polymeric cover (12) substantially covers the metallic core (11) or entirely covers the metallic core (11), and
wherein the polymeric cover (12) is formed such that an insert (24) is embedded in the polymeric cover (12), the insert (24) thereby being fixed in the lever (10) through such embedding.