Hydraulic caliper brake assembly for a bicycle

Details Hydraulic caliper brake assembly for a bicycle Hydraulic caliper brake assembly for a bicycle

1993-04-22

1995-02-21

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Brakes

Operators

Fluid pressure

188 2412, 188 724, B62L 110, B60T 1114

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053907710

ABSTRACT:
A caliper brake assembly for a bicycle having a fork, a wheel having an axle mounted in said fork, and a brake disk mounted on the wheel, the assembly including a caliper housing mounted on the fork in a position to bridge the brake disk, the housing including an arm connected to the axle and a blind bore in the housing having a closed end and an open end, a piston mounted in the bore on each side of the disk, each piston including a brake pad, a master cylinder assembly connected to the bore, the caliper housing including passages connecting the open end of the blind bore to the closed end of the blind bore, and a lever assembly mounted on the bicycle for actuating the master cylinder assembly to pressurize the bore and move the pistons into engagement with the disk to brake the rotary motion of the wheel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2414753 (1947-01-01), Majneri
patent: 3297115 (1967-01-01), Waloen et al.
patent: 3935930 (1976-02-01), Kine
patent: 5082093 (1992-01-01), Sule
patent: 5193833 (1993-03-01), Reisinger
patent: 5259483 (1993-11-01), Pelfrey

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