Bicycle front suspension, steering & braking system

Details Bicycle front suspension, steering & braking system Bicycle front suspension, steering & braking system

1990-08-24

1993-03-16

Hill, Mitchell J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Occupant propelled type

188 20, 188 724, 188 729, 188344, 2671411, 280277, B62K 2504, B60T 1116, F16D 6520

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051938332

ABSTRACT:
The invention is a bicycle front assembly in which suspension is provided by a pair of telescoping tubes having a plurality of elastic cells of different stiffnesses in their hollow interior. Steering geometry adjustment is provided by connecting the bottom end of one of the tubes to the front wheel axle by a drop-out which horizontally offsets the tube from the axle. Retrofitable hydraulic front wheel disk brakes are provided by a closed system hydraulic brake caliper assembly mounted to the front wheel axle and connected to a conventional brake cable of a handbrake. Automatic self-centering of the disk is provided by a web mounted on the front wheel axle having horizontal fingers nested in holes in the disk along which the disk is allowed to slide in response to a centering force from the calipers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2683034 (1954-07-01), Seddon
patent: 2683044 (1954-07-01), Seddon
patent: 4756612 (1988-07-01), Toms, Jr.

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