Bicycle control cable

• Main Authors: ASAKAWA, TAKAMOTO, NISHIMURA, ATSUHIRO, OSE, KENJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.04.2015
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BEARINGS; BLASTING; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; BRAKES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLES; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR; RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A bicycle control cable (12) is provided with a central wire (22) and a radial protrusion (24). The central wire (22) includes at least one metallic strand (34) defining a radially outermost surface (22a) of the central wire (22). The radial protrusion (24) extends along the radially outermost surface (22a) in a direction intersecting with a center longitudinal axis of the central wire. The radial protrusion (24) reduces a sliding resistance of the central wire (22). The central wire (22) and the radial protrusion (24) are configured and arranged to slidably move in an axial direction with respect to the center longitudinal axis of the central wire within an outer case (26) to operate a bicycle component.