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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Sram, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles E. Dunlap, Manitou Springs, CO (US);
Paul Feuerstein, Brookfield, IL (US);
SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic brake mechanism is mountable to a bicycle handlebar. The hydraulic brake mechanism includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion including first and second ends, the base portion including a handlebar clamp at the first end, the base portion extending generally horizontally and the extension portion extending forwardly of the base portion at the second end and angled generally upwardly from the base portion when the hydraulic brake mechanism is mounted to the bicycle handlebar, the housing sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand, the housing having a fluid outlet port in the extension portion. The hydraulic brake mechanism may include a fluid line attached to the fluid outlet port and disposed in a groove formed along a length of the extension portion and the base portion of the housing.