Handlebar switch mounting structure

• US 6,631,656 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2001
• Issued: 10/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kano, Koji, Ase, Yukimi, Kanaoka, Yoji
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, CHONG HWA
• Application Number:
  US09/922,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20020014565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 745/022, 745/518
• US Class Current: 74/551.8
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/165 Wireless switches
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/14 Handlebar constructions, or arrangements of controls thereon, specially adapted thereto hand controls per se B62K23/02
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 23/02 hand actuated arrangements of controls on handle-bars of engine-driven cycles B62K11/14
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2009/068 with switches mounted on a handlebar, e.g. for motorcycles, fork lift trucks, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20822 Attachments and accessories

Abstract

A handlebar switch mounting structure capable of firmly attaching a handlebar switch unit on a handlebar pipe and to improve the outward appearance of the handlebar switch. The handlebar switch mounting structure includes a first bracket having a circular portion which can be attached on substantially a half of the periphery of the handlebar pipe portion and front and rear flange portions and extended from both ends of the circular portion. The second bracket is provided that includes a circular portion which can be attached on the remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar pipe portion. The first and second brackets are securely fixed on the handlebar pipe portion by joining the second bracket to the first bracket set on the handlebar pipe portion. With the front and rear flange portions sandwiched together, the first and second case halves are joined and then attached to the handlebar pipe portion through the front and rear flange portions.

Claims

1. A handlebar switch mounting structure for installation on a handlebar, comprising:

a case attached to one end of the handlebar, the case having a first case half and a second case half;

a first bracket including a circular portion adapted to be attached on approximately a half portion of a periphery of the handlebar, said first bracket having two flange portions;

a second bracket having at least a circular portion adapted to be attached on a remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar, said second bracket being joined to said first bracket installed on the handlebar thereby securing said first and second brackets to the handlebar, said second bracket having one flange portion, said first and second case halves being positioned with said flange portions therebetween, and said first and second case halves being attached to each other by two bolts that are offset from each other along a length of the handlebar, thus fixing the mounting structure to said one end of the handlebar; and

wherein one of the flange portions of said first bracket includes an aperture with a threaded portion, an attachment member being positioned in an aperture in the flange portion of said second bracket for securing said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

2. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein said first and second case halves are made of resin.

3. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein one of the flange portions of said first bracket includes at least one lug insertion hole and said second bracket includes at least one lug projecting outwardly therefrom, wherein said at least one lug is adapted to be inserted into said at least one lug insertion hole for retaining one side of said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

4. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein one of said flange portions of said first bracket includes two lug insertion holes and said second bracket includes two lugs projecting outwardly therefrom, wherein said two lugs are adapted to be inserted into said two lug insertion holes for retaining one side of said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

5. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein said circular portion of said first bracket includes an aperture, and wherein said structure further includes a locking pin extending through said aperture for preventing rotation of said first bracket relative to the handlebar.

6. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 1, said bolts extending through said second case half, said second case half being secured relative to said first case half and enclosing said flange portions of the first and second brackets therebetween.

7. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein said flange portions of the first bracket include apertures for said bolts to extend upwardly therethrough for securing said second case half and said first case half together, said bolts being tightened into internal threads of the first case half.

8. A handlebar switch mounting structure for installation on one end of a handlebar, the structure comprising:

a first case half and a second case half;

a first bracket including a first circular portion adapted to be attached on approximately a half portion of a periphery of the handlebar and a pair of flange portions projecting from both ends of said circular portion; and

a second bracket having a second circular portion adapted to be attached on a remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar, said second bracket being joined to said first bracket installed on the handlebar, thereby securing said first and second brackets to the handlebar, said first and second case halves being positioned with said flange portions therebetween, said first and second case halves being attached to each other by bolts that are offset from each other along a length of the handlebar, thus fixing the structure to said one end of the handlebar;

wherein one of the flange portions of said first bracket includes an aperture with a threaded portion, an attachment member being positioned in an aperture in a corresponding flange portion of said second bracket for securing said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

9. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein said first and second case halves are made of resin.

10. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein one of said flange portions of said first bracket includes at least one lug insertion hole and said second bracket includes at least one lug projecting outwardly therefrom, wherein said at least one lug is adapted to be inserted into said at least one lug insertion hole for retaining one side of said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

11. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein one of said flange portions of said first bracket includes two lug insertion holes and said second bracket includes two lugs projecting outwardly therefrom;

wherein said two lugs are adapted to be inserted into said two lug insertion holes for retaining one side of said first bracket relative to said second bracket.

12. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein said circular portion of said first bracket includes an aperture, and wherein said structure further includes a locking pin extending through said aperture for preventing rotation of said first bracket relative to the handlebar.

13. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 8, said bolts extending through said second case half, said second case half being secured to said first case half and for enclosing said flange portions of the first bracket and a flange portion of the second bracket therebetween.

14. The handlebar switch mounting structure according to claim 13, wherein said flange portions of the first bracket include apertures for said bolts to extend upwardly therethrough for securing said second case half and said first case half together, said bolts being tightened into internal threads of the first case half.