Patent ID: 6688436
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B62J,B62L

Abstract:
A brake pad assembly for a bicycle with a wheel rim, said brake pad assembly comprising:an elastic elongated pad body having a braking face, and a mounting face opposite to said braking face, said mounting face being formed with a battery-receiving recess, said pad body being elastically deformable when compressed by the wheel rim during a braking operation; a battery received in said battery-receiving recess, and having a positive electrode adjacent to said mounting face and a negative electrode opposite to said positive electrode; a light emitting member mounted on an exterior of said pad body, and including first and second spring terminals extending therefrom into said battery-receiving recess in such a manner that said first spring terminal constantly abuts against said positive electrode and that said second spring terminal confronts with and is spaced apart from said negative electrode; and a pushing member formed in said pad body, extending in a transverse direction relative to said braking and mounting faces toward said second spring terminal, and being elastically deformable so as to move in said transverse direction and to push said second spring terminal to move toward and to abut against said negative electrode upon deformation of said pad body when said braking face is compressed by the wheel rim during the braking operation, thereby activating said light emitting member to emit a warning light.