Cable Guiding Element

Abstract

A cable guiding element for guiding cables such as Bowden cables, hydraulic lines and the like is arranged inside a bicycle frame, in particular inside a head tube of a bicycle frame. The cable guiding element has a particularly cylindrical sleeve element. In the assembled state, the sleeve element is arranged inside the head tube and surrounds a steer tube of a bicycle fork. For defining the position of at least one cable, at least one holding element is connected with the sleeve element.

Claims

1. A cable guiding element for guiding cables such as Bowden cables, hydraulic lines and the like inside a bicycle frame, in particular inside a head tube of a bicycle frame, comprising a sleeve element which, in the assembled state, preferably completely surrounds the steer tube, and at least one holding element connected with the sleeve element for defining the position of at least one cable.

2. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the cables extend, in the assembled state, substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the steer tube, wherein the cables preferably have an angle of less than 30°, in particular less than 20° to the longitudinal axis of the steer tube.

3. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve element is arranged together with the at least one holding element inside the head tube in the assembled state.

4. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein several holding elements are connected with the sleeve element.

5. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one holding element is arranged on an outer side of the sleeve element.

6. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein at least two holding elements are arranged opposite to each other.

7. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one holding element in the assembled state is arranged approximately in the center of the steer tube with a deviation of in particular less than ±20 mm and particularly preferred less than ±10 mm.

8. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one holding element has a lead-through opening for leading through at least one cable.

9. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one holding element is connected with an outer side of the sleeve element.

10. The cable guiding element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one holding element has connecting bars for connection with the sleeve element, in particular with the outer side of the sleeve element.

11. The cable guiding element according to claim 10, wherein the connecting bars have an outer side transitioning substantially step-free to the outer side of the sleeve element.

12. A cable guiding system, comprising a head tube of a bicycle frame, a steer tube of a bicycle fork arranged inside the head tube, and a cable guiding element surrounding the steer tube according to claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] In the following, the disclosure is described in more detail by means of a preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0021] In the drawings:

[0022] FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cable guiding element according to the invention, and

[0023] FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a cable guiding element mounted in a head tube according to FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The cable guiding element according to the disclosure includes a sleeve element 10 that is circular cylindrical in the exemplary embodiment shown. In the exemplary embodiment shown, two holding elements 14 are arranged on an outer side 12 of the sleeve element 10. The two holding elements 14 each have a passage opening 16 for passing through cables.

[0025] The two holding elements 14 are connected via respectively two bar-shaped elements 18 to the outer side 12 of the sleeve element 10. The bar-like elements 18 have an outer 20, which in particular transitions tangentially or at least step-free into the outer side 12 of the sleeve element.

[0026] With respect to a direction of travel 22, the two holding elements 14 are arranged opposite to each other on a left and right outer side of the sleeve element 10, respectively.

[0027] In the assembled state (FIG. 2), the cable guiding element is arranged inside the head tube 24. Furthermore, a fork tube 26 of a bicycle fork is arranged in the head tube 24 of the bicycle frame. The cable guiding element surrounds the steer tube 26. A schematically illustrated cable 28 extends, starting from a bicycle handlebar, for example inside a handlebar stem, which is not illustrated, into the head tube 24. Here, the cable 28 first rests against an outer side 12 of the sleeve element 10 and is then passed through the through opening 16 of the holding element 14. Finally, the cable 28 extends with a sufficiently large radius into a top tube 30 connected with the head tube 24.