US 11,745,824 B2
Control device for a bicycle
Neil Swanson, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Doug Mahoney, Park Ridge, IL (US); and Ryan Grimm, Littleton, CO (US)
Assigned to SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/91,624.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144378 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B62L 3/02 (2006.01); B62K 21/12 (2006.01); B62M 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62L 3/023 (2013.01) [B62K 21/12 (2013.01); B62M 25/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device mountable to a handlebar of a bicycle, the control device comprising:
a housing;
a lever coupled to and pivotable relative to the housing;
a master cylinder portion supported by the housing, the master cylinder portion having a fluid cylinder, the fluid cylinder having a first end and a second end opposite the first end with a cylindrical wall therebetween, the fluid cylinder being hollow, such that an opening extends through the master cylinder portion, from the first end to the second end;
a bleed plug removably connected to the master cylinder portion via the opening at the first end of the fluid cylinder; and
a piston assembly supported by the housing, the piston assembly being movable relative to the master cylinder portion, at least part of the piston assembly being disposed within the master cylinder portion,
wherein the housing is made of a first material, and the master cylinder portion is made of a second material, the second material being different than the first material,
wherein the central axis of the bleed plug is a first central axis,
and the master cylinder portion has a second central axis extending along a length of the master cylinder portion, the first central axis is in line with the second central axis.