Bicycle rim brake
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorsCharles Dunlap, III, Brian Jordan
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Abstract
Responsive to a hydraulic piston advancing out of a piston housing in a second brake arm and contacting a piston cam surface of a first brake arm, the second brake arm pivots around a second pivot. As this is happening, a cam surface in the second brake arm lifts a contact surface of a first force transfer member of the first brake arm, imparting torque to the first brake arm which then pivots around a first pivot. The cam surface is shaped to impart synchronous motion to the first and second pad holders. Splitting one of the brake arms with a centering member permits a centering adjust feature.
Claims17
A rim brake for a bicycle, the rim brake comprising:
- a first brake arm, a first pivot of the first brake arm adapted to be pivotally mounted to a first mounting location on the bicycle, a first pad holder downwardly extending from the first pivot and pivoting around the first pivot in a first angular direction responsive to actuation of the brake;
- a second brake arm, a second pivot of the second brake arm adapted to be pivotally mounted to a second mounting location on the bicycle, the second pivot horizontally spaced from the first pivot, a second pad holder downwardly extending from the second pivot and pivoting around the second pivot in a second angular direction opposite the first angular direction responsive to actuation of the brake;
- a biasing member of the second brake arm upwardly extending from the second pivot and pivoting around the second pivot with the second pad holder as a unit;
- a force transfer member of the second brake arm upwardly extending from the second pivot and operable to transmit torque to the second pad holder in the second angular direction upon actuation of the brake;
- a hydraulic piston having a piston actuation axis, wherein the piston actuation axis pivots around the second pivot upon actuation of the rim brake;
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- a centering member adjoining the transfer member and the biasing member, the centering member defining an angular position of the force transfer member relative to the biasing member, the centering member adjustable to move the second pad holder without moving the first pad holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.