Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3611)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
C280S285000, C280S276000, C188S275000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07914031
ABSTRACT:
A damper for a bicycle having a primary unit and a remote unit that is substantially entirely outside of the primary unit. The primary unit includes a damper tube, a spring chamber, and a piston rod that supports a main piston. The main piston is movable within the damper chamber of the primary unit. The main piston and the damper tube at least partially define a compression chamber. The remote unit comprises a remote fluid chamber, and an inertial valve within the remote unit. The inertial valve is preferably responsive to terrain-induced forces and preferably not responsive to rider-induced forces when the shock absorber is assembled to the bicycle. The shock absorber forms a flow path separated from the piston rod that connects the remote fluid chamber and the compression chamber of the damper tube.
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Arce Marlon A
Dickson Paul N
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
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