This invention relates to a device for damping vibration of the handle bar of a motor vehicle and also for guiding the movement of the control fevers fixed to the said handle bar.

This invention is particularly applicable to motor vehicles, such as, scooters, motor cycles, among others, which are equipped with a handle bar, for steering the vehicle, with controls fitted thereto.

The handle bar of such vehicles undergo vibration forces during use, these forces being normally dealt with by providing damper weights at each of the two ends of the handle bar, to counter act the forces of vibration.

Apart from vibration forces set up on the handle bar, there are vibration forces set up on control fevers such as, the front brake lever arid tine clutch lever, which are hinged to the handle bar and which vibrate after some time in use when the hinges become a little loose due to wear. Furthermore,, movement of the control levers, during their operation, tends to loosen them at the hinges, after some use, due to wear, rendering such movement uneven. This loosening of the control fevers is irksome to the rider, apart from giving rise to the likelihood of leading to faulty driving.

This invention therefore proposes a device, which not only minimises such undesirable forces but which also, guides the control levers to execute an even movement during their manual operation.

The device, according to this invention, comprises a pair of vibration damper weights provided at the ends of the handle bar, each of the said damper weights having a stepped cylindrical portion of two diameters, the smaller diameter portion engaging with the handle bar Inner diameter, the larger diameter port/on having a flat face provided with a hole to facilitate fastening of the said damper weight to the handle bar; a guide member with a recess on its inner side for seating a control (ever in the recess, whereby the to and fro movement of the said lever, when being manually operated, is guided in, and by, the said recess.

This invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of example, and not by way of limitation, an embodiment of the device proposed herein

Fig. 1 illustrating the top view of a scooter

Fig. 2 illustrating a portion of the scooter with damper weight, control lever and inner side of the guide member

And

Fig. 3 illustrating a portion of the scooter with damper weight, control lever and outer side of the guide member.

A pair of vibration damper weights is provided at the ends of the handle bar H, one of said weights being indicated by W in the drawings. Each of the said damper weights has a stepped cylindrical portion C of two diameters, the smaller diameter portion D1 engaging with the inner diameter of the handle bar H, the larger diameter portion of the said cylindrical portion D2 having a flat face at F provided with a hole to facilitate fastening of the said damper weight to the handle bar H.

A guide member G has a recess R1 on its inner side for seating a control lever L in the recess, whereby the to and fro operational movement of the said lever, that is to say, the to and fro movement of the lever when manually operated by the driver, is guided in, and by, the said recess.

Optionally, the guide member G has a recess R2 on its outer side also, to accommodate lighting, signaling units.

From the foregoing description, it will be clear that various other embodiments of the device proposed herein are possible without departing from the scope and ambit of this invention.

We Claim:

1. A device for damping vibration of the handle bar of a motor vehicle and also for guiding the movement of the control levers on the said handle bar, comprising a pair of vibration damper weights provided at the ends of the handle bar, each of the said damper weights having a stepped cylindrical portion of two diameters, the smaller diameter portion engaging with the handle bar inner diameter, the larger diameter portion having a flat face provided with a hole to facilitate fastening of the said damper weight to the handle bar; a guide member with a recess on its inner side for seating a control lever in the recess, whereby the to and fro movement of the said lever, when being manually operated, is guided in, and by, the said recess.

2. A device as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the guide member has a recess on its outer side also to accommodate lighting, signaling units.

3. A device for damping vibration of the handle bar of a motor vehicle and also for guiding the movement of the control levers on the said handle bar, substantially as herein described with reference to, and as illustrated in, the accompanying drawings.