Patent ID: 11945544
Assignee: SRAM, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A control device mountable to a handlebar of a bicycle, the control device comprising:
a housing having a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion of the housing having a front end, a rear end opposite the front end, a downward facing side, an upward facing side, an inward facing side, an outward facing side, and a handlebar clamp disposed at the rear end;
a lever coupled to and pivotable relative to the housing;
a master cylinder portion supported by the housing, the master cylinder portion having a fluid cylinder, the fluid cylinder having a first end and a second end opposite the first end with a cylindrical wall therebetween, the fluid cylinder being hollow, such that an opening extends through the master cylinder portion, from the first end to the second end; and
a piston assembly supported by the housing, the piston assembly being movable relative to the master cylinder portion, at least part of the piston assembly being disposed within the master cylinder portion,
wherein the master cylinder portion is angled relative to the outward facing side of the base portion of the housing, such that the second end of the fluid cylinder is closer to the outward facing side than the first end of the fluid cylinder is relative to the outward facing side.