Brake system and method and two-wheeled vehicle using the same
AssigneeConceptualized Engineering, Ltd.
InventorAndrew Ouellet
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Abstract
In the specification and drawing a new brake system and a two-wheeled vehicle using the same are described. The new brake system includes a first brake to apply a first brake force on a first wheel of a vehicle and transfers the first brake force to physically actuate a second brake to brake a second wheel of the vehicle. A new-designed cantilever brake is disclosed to transfer the first brake force to actuate the second brake.
Claims20
An apparatus in direct physical contact with a rear brake mounted on a bicycle having a front wheel on a front portion of the bicycle and a rear wheel on a rear portion of the bicycle, the bicycle having a front brake for slowing the front wheel and the rear brake for slowing the rear wheel, the apparatus comprising
- a slider in direct physical contact with a brake pad of the rear brake;
- a slider guide slidably connected to the slider, the slider guide in direct physical contact with a rear brake arm of the rear brake;
- and
- a wire core in direct physical contact with both the slider and the front brake.
An apparatus in direct physical contact with a rear brake mounted on a bicycle having a front wheel on a front portion of the bicycle and a rear wheel on a rear portion of the bicycle, the bicycle having a front brake for slowing the front wheel and the rear brake for slowing the rear wheel, the apparatus comprising:
- a slider in direct physical contact with a brake pad of the rear brake;
- a slider guide in direct physical contact with a rear brake arm of the rear brake, the slider guide slidably coupled to the slider;
- and
- a front brake actuator in direct physical contact with both the slider and the front brake.
A method comprising:
- providing a bicycle having a front wheel on a front portion of the bicycle and a rear wheel on a rear portion of the bicycle, the bicycle having a front brake for slowing the front wheel and a rear brake for slowing the rear wheel;
- providing a slider in direct physical contact with a brake pad, a slider guide coupled to the slider and a wire core coupled to the slider, the slider is in direct physical contact with the rear brake;
- and
- compressing the brake pad against a rim portion of the rear wheel of the bicycle that is rotating;
- wherein friction between the brake pad against the rear wheel causes the slider to slide against the slider guide in a first direction;
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- wherein the sliding movement of the slider in the first direction pulls the wire core to actuate a front brake of the bicycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.