A hydraulic brake mechanism is mountable to a bicycle handlebar. The hydraulic brake mechanism includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion including first and second ends, the base portion including a handlebar clamp at the first end, the base portion extending generally horizontally and the extension portion extending forwardly of the base portion at the second end and angled generally upwardly from the base portion when the hydraulic brake mechanism is mounted to the bicycle handlebar, the housing sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand, the housing having a fluid outlet port in the extension portion. The hydraulic brake mechanism may include a fluid line attached to the fluid outlet port and disposed in a groove formed along a length of the extension portion and the base portion of the housing.

A hydraulic brake mechanism is mountable to a bicycle handlebar. The hydraulic brake mechanism includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion including first and second ends, the base portion including a handlebar clamp at the first end, the base portion extending generally horizontally and the extension portion extending forwardly of the base portion at the second end and angled generally upwardly from the base portion when the hydraulic brake mechanism is mounted to the bicycle handlebar, the housing sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand, the housing having a fluid outlet port in the extension portion. The hydraulic brake mechanism may include a fluid line attached to the fluid outlet port and disposed in a groove formed along a length of the extension portion and the base portion of the housing.

A brake fluid reservoir is connected to a master cylinder by a neck which is arranged in an upper chamber of the master cylinder. Holes extend through a surface of a piston, opening to a pressure chamber. The piston extends through a bore hole of the master cylinder. A drill hole extends through an interior wall of the master cylinder, opening into the bore hole, thereby providing communication between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber. A floating orifice plate is arranged within the upper chamber, between the neck of the brake fluid reservoir chamber and the drill hole, such that the orifice plate forms a baffle that limits a flow rate of liquid from the brake fluid reservoir chamber to the pressure chamber; and includes supports pressing against a surface of the interior wall of the master cylinder and arranged around the first side of the drill hole.

A brake fluid reservoir is connected to a master cylinder by a neck which is arranged in an upper chamber of the master cylinder. Holes extend through a surface of a piston, opening to a pressure chamber. The piston extends through a bore hole of the master cylinder. A drill hole extends through an interior wall of the master cylinder, opening into the bore hole, thereby providing communication between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber. A floating orifice plate is arranged within the upper chamber, between the neck of the brake fluid reservoir chamber and the drill hole, such that the orifice plate forms a baffle that limits a flow rate of liquid from the brake fluid reservoir chamber to the pressure chamber; and includes supports pressing against a surface of the interior wall of the master cylinder and arranged around the first side of the drill hole.

A piston actuation device for the supply of a pressure medium in a pressure medium circuit of a brake system of a motor vehicle. A piston actuation device includes a piston actuable by a spindle drive to execute a back-and-forth translation movement in the direction of a piston guidance axis. The spindle drive has a spindle nut and a spindle that cooperates with the spindle nut via a screw drive. The screw drive converts a rotation movement of the spindle nut into a translation movement of the spindle in the direction of a spindle movement axis. To transmit the translation movement to the piston, the piston and the spindle are connected to each other in an axially fixed manner. The axially fixed connection between the piston and the spindle includes an articulated joint, which allows for a concentricity deviation between the piston guidance axis and the spindle movement axis.

A piston actuation device for the supply of a pressure medium in a pressure medium circuit of a brake system of a motor vehicle. A piston actuation device includes a piston actuable by a spindle drive to execute a back-and-forth translation movement in the direction of a piston guidance axis. The spindle drive has a spindle nut and a spindle that cooperates with the spindle nut via a screw drive. The screw drive converts a rotation movement of the spindle nut into a translation movement of the spindle in the direction of a spindle movement axis. To transmit the translation movement to the piston, the piston and the spindle are connected to each other in an axially fixed manner. The axially fixed connection between the piston and the spindle includes an articulated joint, which allows for a concentricity deviation between the piston guidance axis and the spindle movement axis.

Disclosed are an electronic brake system and an operating method thereof. The electronic brake system according to the present embodiment comprises: a reservoir having a pressurization medium stored therein; an integrated master cylinder having a master piston, a master chamber of which the volume varies according to the displacement of the master piston, and a sealing member sealing the master chamber; a simulator valve that controls the flow of the pressurization medium between the reservoir and the master chamber; a hydraulic supply device that operates a hydraulic piston on the basis of an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the brake pedal and generates hydraulic pressure; and a hydraulic control unit provided between the hydraulic supply device and a plurality of wheel cylinders, wherein whether a component element including the integrated master cylinder leaks may be determined on the basis of an inspection flow path connected to the master chamber and an inspection valve provided in the inspection flow path.