US 11,926,390 B2
Flat mount brake caliper for bicycle
Charles Dunlap, Manitou Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,106.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227120 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B62L 1/00 (2006.01); B62L 1/02 (2006.01); B62L 3/02 (2006.01); F16D 55/228 (2006.01); F16D 65/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/18 (2006.01); F16D 55/00 (2006.01); F16D 121/04 (2012.01)
CPC B62L 1/005 (2013.01) [B62L 1/02 (2013.01); B62L 3/023 (2013.01); F16D 55/228 (2013.01); F16D 65/0056 (2013.01); F16D 65/0075 (2013.01); F16D 65/183 (2013.01); F16D 2055/0008 (2013.01); F16D 2055/002 (2013.01); F16D 2121/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A flat mount brake caliper for a bicycle, the flat mount brake caliper comprising:
an inboard caliper body;
an inboard brake pad moveable relative to the inboard caliper body;
an outboard caliper body coupled to the inboard caliper body, the outboard caliper body defining a first piston cylinder and a second piston cylinder, the outboard caliper body having a flat mount surface with a first threaded bore and a second threaded bore extending into the flat mount surface, the first and second piston cylinders arranged such that central axes of the first and second threaded bores do not intersect the first or second piston cylinders;
an outboard brake pad; and
first and second pistons disposed in the respective first and second piston bores, the first and second pistons to move the outboard brake pad relative to the outboard caliper body.