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US 7,478,707 B2Granted
Bicycle disc brake device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTerry Ong Choon Chye, Osamu Kariyama
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Abstract
A bicycle disc brake device includes a fixed member, an actuation unit and an adjustment structure. The fixed member includes a caliper housing. The actuation unit is coupled to the fixed member. The actuation unit is configured and arranged to move a friction member of the disc brake device from a release position to a braking position. The adjustment structure is operatively arranged to selectively orient the actuation unit relative to the fixed member in a plurality of fixed orientations.
Claims16
A bicycle disc brake device comprising:
- a fixed member including a caliper housing;
- an actuation unit coupled to the fixed member, the actuation unit being configured and arranged to move a friction member of the disc brake device from a release position to a braking position, the actuation unit including a stationary portion with an actuating line guide element;
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- an adjustment structure operatively arranged to selectively orient the actuation unit relative to the fixed member in a plurality of fixed orientations such that the actuating line guide element changes from one of a plurality of set positions with a first orientation with respect to the fixed member to another one of the plurality of set positions with a second orientation that is different from the first orientation when the actuation unit is changed from a first position of the plurality of fixed orientations relative to the fixed member to a second position of the plurality of fixed orientations relative to the fixed member.
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A bicycle disc brake device comprising:
- a fixed member including a caliper housing;
- an actuation unit coupled to the fixed member, the actuation unit being configured and arranged to move a friction member of the disc brake device from a release position to a braking position;
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- an adjustment structure operatively arranged to selectively orient the actuation unit relative to the fixed member in a plurality of fixed orientations, the adjustment structure being operatively arranged between the fixed member and the actuation unit to selectively angularly orient the actuation unit relative to the fixed member in a plurality of fixed orientations about a fixed axis,
- the actuation unit including a first mounting structure, the fixed member including a second mounting structure, and the adjustment structure including an intermediate member engageable with the first and second mounting structures in the plurality of fixed orientations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.