Bicycle disk brake caliper with a fluid bleeding structure

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PATENT NO 9874253
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13237245

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A bicycle brake caliper apparatus comprises a caliper housing and a plug. The caliper housing includes a fluid chamber and an opening for receiving the plug therein, wherein the opening extends to an outside of the housing at a first location. The housing also includes a fluid passage in fluid communication with the fluid chamber, wherein the fluid passage is in fluid communication with an outside of the housing at a second location offset from the first location. The fluid passage is closed when the plug is in a first position. The fluid passage is open when the plug is in a second position so that fluid is allowed to flow from the fluid chamber, through the fluid passage and to the outside of the housing at the second location.

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SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHDLOT 4550 LORONG A-16 PEKAN NANAS PONTIAN JOHOR 81500

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Kuan, Kim Hong Semerah, MY 4 91

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