Hydraulic caliper brake assembly for a bicycle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5390771
SERIAL NO

08051474

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Abstract

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A caliper brake assembly for a bicycle having a fork, a wheel having an axle mounted in said fork, and a brake disk mounted on the wheel, the assembly including a caliper housing mounted on the fork in a position to bridge the brake disk, the housing including an arm connected to the axle and a blind bore in the housing having a closed end and an open end, a piston mounted in the bore on each side of the disk, each piston including a brake pad, a master cylinder assembly connected to the bore, the caliper housing including passages connecting the open end of the blind bore to the closed end of the blind bore, and a lever assembly mounted on the bicycle for actuating the master cylinder assembly to pressurize the bore and move the pistons into engagement with the disk to brake the rotary motion of the wheel.

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Patent Owner(s)

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M&I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK770 NORTH WATER STREET MILWAUKEE WI 53202

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blaszczyk, Curt H Sturtevant, WI 6 103
Hinkens, George H Fox Point, WI 12 275

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