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Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
62
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B62K 3/02 (2006.01) B62K 25/08 (2006.01) F16F 9/06 (2006.01) F16F 9/22 (2006.01) F16F 9/46 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2266687
A suspension system having first and second elements telescopingly engaged and being biased apart by a positive spring (16), such biasing being counteracted by a negative spring (38). In one embodiment, the positive spring and negative spring are disposed in the first element, which is in the form of a tube, and separated by a damping system (60), and a damping piston (62) is fixed with respect to the first element. In another embodiment in which the suspension system comprises two legs (102) of a bicycle suspension fork (100), a positive spring is disposed in both legs, and a negative spring and damping system are disposed in separate legs. The positive and negative springs preferably comprise air or other gas springs, and the negative spring preferably performs the additional function of resisting top-out impacts.
L'invention concerne un système de suspension doté de premier et second organes qui se télescopent et subissent des sollicitations contraires, la sollicitation d'un ressort positif (16) étant contrariée par celle d'un ressort négatif (38). Selon un mode de réalisation, les ressorts positif et négatif sont positionnés dans un premier organe prenant la forme d'un tube, et séparés par un système d'amortissement (60), un piston (62) d'amortissement étant fixé au premier organe. Selon un autre mode de réalisation, le système de suspension comporte deux branches (102) d'une fourche (100) de suspension de bicyclette, chaque branche comportant un ressort positif, un ressort négatif et un système d'amortissement étant installés dans des branches distinctes. Les ressorts positif et négatif sont de préférence pneumatiques, le ressort négatif remplissant de préférence la fonction supplémentaire de résistance aux phénomènes de talonnage.
Chu Kevan L.
Cobene Robert L. II
Turner Paul H.
Rockshox Inc.
Smart & Biggar
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