Patent ID: 11866124
Assignee: SYSCEND, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A braking apparatus for a bicycle, the apparatus comprising:
a frame;
a front brake configured to impede rotation of a front wheel;
a rear brake configured to impede rotation of a rotating brake surface of a rear wheel, the rear brake comprising:
a guide rigidly mounted to the frame; and
a brake pad assembly comprising a brake pad attached to a slide, the slide configured to move relative to the guide;

a vessel comprising a piston coupled to the slide, the vessel configured to hold a fluid; and
tubing fluidically connecting the vessel and the front brake;
wherein the brake pad is configured to be pressed against the rotating brake surface of the rear wheel when braking, creating a friction force between the rotating brake surface and the brake pad, causing the slide to move with respect to the guide to move the piston within the vessel such that pressurized fluid exits the vessel and flows through the tubing to operate the front brake to apply a braking force to the front wheel to impede rotation of the front wheel; and
wherein the braking force applied by the front brake to the front wheel is reduced when the rear wheel loses contact with a ground surface, thereby releasing the front wheel for rotation to impede the bicycle from flipping over the front wheel.