Parallel-push brake mechanism for bicycles

US6264008A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SRAM, LLC · US

Inventors

• Brian Jordan · Highland Park, US
• Michael Patterson Johnson · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Ryan Anthony Calilung · Irvine, US
• John D. Cheever · Chicago, US
• Sanjeev Mankotia · Berlin, DE
• Kevin Wesling · Lombard, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T1/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A parallel-push brake assembly for bicycles that provides substantially translational motion of the brake pad using a mechanism that is relatively free of tolerance build-up or slop.