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US 6,883,647 B1Granted
Hydraulic brake lever for a bicycle
OwnerChun Te Weninventor
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Abstract
A hydraulic brake lever for a bicycle, comprising a main body, a pull handle, and an adjusting mechanism. Thus, the hydraulic brake lever can be operated conveniently and smoothly, thereby facilitating the rider operating the hydraulic brake lever. In addition, the hydraulic brake lever is sensitive, thereby protecting the rider's safety. Further, the operation stroke of the brake can be changed and adjusted conveniently, so as to adjust the sensitivity of the brake to the optimum state.
Claims9
A hydraulic brake lever for a bicycle, comprising a main body, a pull handle, and an adjusting mechanism, wherein:
- the main body has an inside formed with a hydraulic oil tank, the main body has a bottom provided with a cylinder connected to the hydraulic oil tank, the main body includes a press rod slidably mounted in the cylinder;
- the pull handle has a front end pivotally mounted on the main body and an oblong slide slot is defined in the front end;
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- the adjusting mechanism is mounted on the front end of the pull handle and includes an adjusting wheel rotatably mounted on the pull handle, a threaded rod screwed in the adjusting wheel, and an adjusting rod secured between a distal end of the threaded rod and a distal end of the press rod of the main body, the adjusting mechanism further includes a locking block slidably mounted in the slide slot of the pull handle to lock the adjusting wheel after adjustment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.