US 6,981,413 B2
Handle stem and speed indicator
Osamu Kinoshita, Sakai (Japan)
Assigned to Cateye Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 05, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/455,046.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-169559 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2003/0230228 A1, Dec. 18, 2003
Int. Cl. G01P 1/02 (2006.01); B62J 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 73—493 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle stem for use with a bicycle, comprising a speed indicator and an indicator housing portion having a recess formed therein said speed indicator being received in said recess, wherein
said speed indicator being formed of a body including a circuit board and a liquid-crystal display and a battery housing detachable from the body, said battery housing has an open upper end and a closed downward end, and
said body being fixed to said indicator housing so as to attach said speed indicator to said handle stem and allow said battery housing to be freely attachable/detachable, and
said indicator housing portion having a through hole opening downward at the bottom of said recess,
said body having, on the bottom thereof, an engagement part for engaging within said through hole, and
said battery housing at the upper end having a battery-case engagement tab engaging with said engagement part in a fashion that said battery housing protrudes downward from said body and said through hole, and is attachable/detachable from below said handle stem by rotation of said battery housing.