Patent ID: 8485321

Claim:
A remote-controlled electronic brake device for use with a wheel of a bicycle, comprising: an electronic brake assembly including: a housing that is configured for being detachably attached to a frame of the bicycle; a receiver configured to receive a command signal; a processor disposed within the housing and operative to identify the received command signal and to output a first control signal in response to the command signal being identified as a first command signal; a first brake caliper that includes a brake pad; a second brake caliper that includes a brake pad, the first and second brake calipers being pivotally coupled to one another and at least one of the first and second brake calipers being further coupled to the housing, with both the first and second brake calipers being at least partially contained within the housing, whereby pivoting of the first caliper under an applied force is translated into pivoting of the second caliper; an electric motor disposed within the housing; a gear mechanism that is intimately coupled to the electric motor and is coupled to the first brake caliper, whereby activation of the electric motor drives the gear mechanism to cause the first and second brake calipers to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position; and a remote control unit that is configured to issue one or more command signals that remotely activate the electric motor so as to cause the brake calipers to move between the engaged position and the disengaged position; wherein the housing contains the first and second brake calipers, the processor, and the electric motor so as to form the remote-controlled electronic brake device that is configured for attachment as a unit to the frame of the bicycle proximate the tire; wherein the first brake caliper includes an integral elongated extension that extends outwardly therefrom and is received within a slot formed in a slider and is pivotally coupled to the slider, the slider being contained within the housing and operatively coupled to the gear mechanism such that operation of the motor in a first mode causes the slider to move linearly in a first direction and operation of the motor in a second mode causes the slider to move linearly in an opposite second direction, whereby linear movement of the slider is translated into pivoting of the first brake caliper.