Patent ID: 8033366

Claim:
A cycle brake cooling article, securable at an offset from a rotating circumferential brake element of a cycle, the article comprising: (a) a rigid surface defining an air deflection and concentration path having a proximal air intake end thereof and at a distal end thereof a cycle frame securing portion securable to front forks of a frame of a cycle, said rigid surface having a central portion including a part of an elongate void space; (b) an air focusirig surface at a distal side of said void space, and having opposing runner elements depending substantially normally from a cycle frame securing portion, said cycle frame securing protion depending from a distal edge of said air focusing surface; and (c) a transition surface between said intake end and said air focusing surface, said transition portion substantially defining a triangle including, at an apex thereof, an acute angle between respective lines of dependency between said transition portion and said respective air intake and air focusing surfaces, said transition surface including a portion of said void space, whereby said article focuses a channel of air from said air focusing surface at said brake element of said cycle while also effecting heat transfer therefrom through said void space.