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

Claim 9:
10. A control device adapted to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar, comprising:
a housing formed of a first material, sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand, and including a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be mounted to the bicycle handlebar about a mounting axis of the handlebar mounting portion;
a brake lever pivotably mounted to the housing at a pivot location of the housing;
a hydraulic seat formed as a single piece from a second material and disposed within the housing, the hydraulic seat defining a piston chamber and a hydraulic reservoir therein that are in fluid communication with each other, the hydraulic seat and the handlebar mounting portion being substantially and respectively located at two opposite sides of an imaginary plane that passes through the pivot location of the housing and that is parallel to the mounting axis; and
a piston movably mounted to the piston chamber in the hydraulic seat, and operably connected to the brake lever, wherein the housing exists as adhered to the hydraulic seat through use of a molding technique.