Handlebar for two wheeled vehicle

[0002] The present invention relates to a handlebar, more particularly, to a handlebar for two-wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles and bicycles, in which the strength of the handlebar is enhanced to prevent breakage thereof.

[0003] FIG. 1 shows the front view of a handlebar 1 which includes two gripping ends 2,3, a lateral tube 4 and two oblique tubes 5,6 between the gripping end 2(3) and the lateral tube 4,respectively. In normal riding of the two-wheeled vehicle, the upper body of a rider is supported by his two hands placed respectively at the gripping ends 2,3. After a period of time in use, the handlebar 1 tends to deform because of the constant load applied to the gripping ends 2,3. In order to overcome this problem, a reinforcement bar 7 which is attached to the handlebar 1 at the oblique tubes 5,6 is introduced. However, the constant load is concentrated on the two spots A,B of the oblique tubes 5,6 causing the breakage thereof.

[0004] To overcome the drawback of the conventional art, an object of the present invention is to provide a handlebar for two-wheeled vehicle which has enhanced strength thereof to prevent breakage of the handlebar.

[0005] To achieve the object mentioned above, the present invention provides a handlebar for a two-wheeled vehicle which comprises two gripping ends, a lateral tube, two oblique tubes between the gripping end and lateral tube, and a reinforcement bar having two free ends, wherein an angle portion is formed between one of the gripping ends and one of the oblique tubes while an other angle portion is formed between the other one of the gripping ends and the other one of the oblique tubes, and wherein the two free ends of the reinforcement bar is fixedly connected to the two oblique tubes, namely at the underside of the two angle portions, respectively, the handlebar further comprising a channel portion having an internal diameter and two bent internal tubes each having an external diameter slightly smaller than said internal diameter, wherein the two bent internal tubes are disposed within the hollow portion with surfaces of the bent internal tubes in contact with the surface of the channel portion, whereby the thickness of the two oblique tubes is increased in order to enhance the strength thereof.

[0006] The above objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0007] FIG. 1 is a front view of a conventional handlebar;

[0008] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a handlebar according to the present invention;

[0009] FIG. 3 shows an exploded view taken from line A—A in FIG. 2;

[0010] FIG. 4 shows the manner in which the handlebar according to the present invention is manufactured;

[0011] FIG. 5 shows a partial view of the handlebar according to the present invention.

[0012] Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3, the handlebar 10 according to the present invention comprises two bent internal tubes. 20, 30, besides the members making up the conventional handlebar 1 shown in FIG. 1, namely two gripping ends 2,3, a lateral tube 4, two oblique tubes 5,6 located between the gripping ends 2(3) and lateral tube 4, respectively, and a reinforcement bar 7 having two free ends. An angle portion 8 is formed between the gripping end 2 and the oblique tube 5 while an other angle portion 9 is formed between the gripping end 3 and the oblique tube 6. The two free ends of the reinforcement bar 7 are fixedly connected to the oblique tubes 5,6, respectively, i.e. the underside of the two angle portions 8,9, by two clamps 11,12. The handlebar 10 further includes a channel portion 101 having an internal diameter D1. The two bent internal tubes 20,30 each have an external diameter D2 slightly smaller than the internal diameter D1. Thus, the two bent internal tubes 20,30 can be disposed within the hollow portion 101 around the midpoint between the gripping ends 2,3 and the oblique tubes 5,6, respectively, in such a manner that the two bent internal tubes 20,30 are inserted into the channel portion 101, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The surfaces of the bent internal tubes 20,30 are in contact with the surface of the channel portion 101. The thickness of the part intermediate the gripping ends 2,3 and the oblique tubes 5,6 is increased in order to enhance the strength thereof. Thus, the two spots A, B in the oblique tubes 5,6 near the reinforcement bar 7 would not easily break when constant load is applied and concentrated thereon.

[0013] While there is shown and described herein certain specific structures embodying the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modification and rearrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the underlying inventive concept.