Patent ID: 9156522
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60T,B62L,B62M

Abstract:
1. A hydraulic brake mechanism mountable to a bicycle handlebar, the brake mechanism comprising: a housing having a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion including first and second ends, the base portion including a handlebar clamp at the first end, the base portion extending generally horizontally and the extension portion extending forwardly of the base portion at the second end and angled generally upwardly from the base portion when the hydraulic brake mechanism is mounted to the bicycle handlebar, the housing sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand; a fluid chamber; a piston movably disposed within the fluid chamber; a lever pivotally disposed at the second end of the base portion, the lever operatively connected to the piston to slidably displace the piston within the fluid chamber; a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the fluid chamber; and a bleed port in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir.