Patent ID: 11897575
Assignee: SRAM, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A control device adapted to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar, comprising:
a housing formed of a plastic and sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand, the housing including a handlebar mounting portion at an end thereof that is configured to be mounted to the bicycle handlebar;
a brake lever pivotably connected to the housing at a pivot of the housing;
a hydraulic seat disposed within the housing at another end of the housing that is distal from the handlebar mounting portion, the hydraulic seat being formed of a metal and defining a piston chamber and a hydraulic reservoir therein that are in fluid communication with each other; and
a piston movably mounted to the piston chamber in the hydraulic seat, and operably connected to the brake lever;
wherein the plastic of the housing is molded around and adhered to the hydraulic seat through the molding.