Patents by Inventor REBECCA GREETIS

REBECCA GREETIS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE
    Publication number: 20240149972
    Abstract: A control device includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion. The base portion of the housing has an inward facing side and an outward facing side. The control device includes a lever coupled to and pivotable relative to the housing, and a master cylinder portion supported by the housing. The master cylinder portion has a hollow fluid cylinder. The control device also includes a piston assembly supported by the housing. The piston assembly is movable relative to the master cylinder portion. At least part of the piston assembly is disposed within the master cylinder portion. The master cylinder portion is angled relative to the outward facing side of the base portion of the housing, such that the first end of the fluid cylinder is closer to the outward facing side than the second end of the fluid cylinder is relative to the outward facing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: PATRICK GRUSE, REBECCA GREETIS, NATHAN LUMAN, DOUGLAS MAHONEY, WALTER MAY, NEIL SWANSON
  • Control device for a bicycle
    Patent number: 11945544
    Abstract: A control device includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion. The base portion of the housing has an inward facing side and an outward facing side. The control device includes a lever coupled to and pivotable relative to the housing, and a master cylinder portion supported by the housing. The master cylinder portion has a hollow fluid cylinder. The control device also includes a piston assembly supported by the housing. The piston assembly is movable relative to the master cylinder portion. At least part of the piston assembly is disposed within the master cylinder portion. The master cylinder portion is angled relative to the outward facing side of the base portion of the housing, such that the first end of the fluid cylinder is closer to the outward facing side than the second end of the fluid cylinder is relative to the outward facing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Gruse, Rebecca Greetis, Nathan Luman, Douglas Mahoney, Walter May, Neil Swanson
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE
    Publication number: 20230257062
    Abstract: A control device includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion. The base portion of the housing has an inward facing side and an outward facing side. The control device includes a lever coupled to and pivotable relative to the housing, and a master cylinder portion supported by the housing. The master cylinder portion has a hollow fluid cylinder. The control device also includes a piston assembly supported by the housing. The piston assembly is movable relative to the master cylinder portion. At least part of the piston assembly is disposed within the master cylinder portion. The master cylinder portion is angled relative to the outward facing side of the base portion of the housing, such that the first end of the fluid cylinder is closer to the outward facing side than the second end of the fluid cylinder is relative to the outward facing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: PATRICK GRUSE, REBECCA GREETIS, NATHAN LUMAN, DOUGLAS MAHONEY, WALTER MAY, NEIL SWANSON